R. S. S. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEAFGHIJBAKLMNOCP QJARSTUVWXYJZA2ZB2| All worshipped Gold thou mighty mystery | A |
| Say by what name shall I address thee rather | B |
| Our blessing or our bane Without thy aid | C |
| The generous pangs of pity but distress | D |
| The human heart that fain would feel the bliss | E |
| Of blessing others and enslaved by thee | A |
| Far from relieving woes which others feel | F |
| Misers oppress themselves Our blessings then | G |
| With virtue when possessed without our bane | H |
| If in my bosom unperceived there lurk | I |
| The deep sown seeds of avarice or ambition | J |
| Blame me ye great ones for I scorn your censure | B |
| But let the generous and the good commend me | A |
| That to my Delia I direct them all | K |
| The worthiest object of a virtuous love | L |
| Oh to some distant scene a willing exile | M |
| From the wild uproar of this busy world | N |
| Were it my fate with Delia to retire | O |
| With her to wander through the sylvan shade | C |
| Each morn or o'er the moss embrowned turf | P |
| Where blessed as the prime parents of mankind | Q |
| In their own Eden we should envy none | J |
| But greatly pitying whom the world calls happy | A |
| Gently spin out the silken thread of life | R |
| While from her lips attentive I receive | S |
| The tenderest dictates of the purest flame | T |
| And from her eyes where soft complacence sits | U |
| Illumined with the radiant beams of sense | V |
| Tranquility beyond a monarch's reach | W |
| Forgive me Heaven this only avarice | X |
| My soul indulges I confess the crime | Y |
| If to esteem to covet such perfection | J |
| Be criminal oh grant me Delia grant me wealth | Z |
| Wealth to alleviate not increase my wants | A2 |
| And grant me virtue without which nor wealth | Z |
| Nor Delia can avail to make me blessed | B2 |
William Cowper
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