Sonnet, Addressed To Henry Cowper, Esq. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCCD BEEB FGHFGH| On His Emphatical And Interesting Delivery Of The Defence Of Warren Hastings Esq In The House Of Lords | A |
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| Cowper whose silver voice task'd sometimes hard | B |
| Legends prolix delivers in the ears | C |
| Attentive when thou read'st of England's peers | C |
| Let verse at length yield thee thy just reward | D |
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| Thou wast not heard with drowsy disregard | B |
| Expending late on all that length of plea | E |
| Thy generous powers but silence honour'd thee | E |
| Mute as e'er gazed on orator or bard | B |
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| Thou art not voice alone but hast beside | F |
| Both heart and head and couldst with music sweet | G |
| Of Attic phrase and senatorial tone | H |
| Like thy renown'd forefathers far and wide | F |
| Thy fame diffuse praised not for utterance meet | G |
| Of others' speech but magic of thy own | H |
William Cowper
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