Sonnet To Henry Cowper, Esq. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBC ADDA EFGEFG| Cowper whose silver voice tasked sometimes hard | A |
| Legends prolix delivers in the ears | B |
| Attentive when thou read'st of England's peers | B |
| Let verse at length yield thee thy just reward | C |
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| Thou wast not heard with drowsy disregard | A |
| Expending late on all that length of plea | D |
| Thy generous powers but silence honoured thee | D |
| Mute as e'er gazed on orator or bard | A |
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| Thou art not voice alone but hast beside | E |
| Both heart and head and couldst with music sweet | F |
| Of attic phrase and senatorial tone | G |
| Like thy renowned forefathers far and wide | E |
| Thy fame diffuse praised not for utterance meet | F |
| Of others' speech but magic of thy own | G |
William Cowper
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