To William Hayley, Esq. June 29, 1793. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABCADEFEGG| Dear architect of fine Chateaux in air | A |
| Worthier to stand for ever if they could | B |
| Than any built of stone or yet of wood | B |
| For back of royal elephant to bear | A |
| Oh for permission from the skies to share | A |
| Much to my own though little to thy good | B |
| With thee not subject to the jealous mood | C |
| A partnership of literary ware | A |
| But I am bankrupt now and doomed henceforth | D |
| To drudge in descant dry on others' lays | E |
| Bards I acknowledge of unequalled worth | F |
| But what is commentator's happiest praise | E |
| That he has furnished lights for other eyes | G |
| Which they who need them use and then despise | G |
William Cowper
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