Verses To The Memory Of Dr. Lloyd. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDDEEBBFGHHIIBBFJBB BBKK| Spoken At The Westminster Election Next After His Decease | A |
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| Our good old friend is gone gone to his rest | B |
| Whose social converse was itself a feast | C |
| O ye of riper years who recollect | D |
| How once ye loved and eyed him with respect | D |
| Both in the firmness of his better day | E |
| While yet he ruled you with a father's sway | E |
| And when impair'd by time and glad to rest | B |
| Yet still with looks in mild complacence drest | B |
| He took his annual seat and mingled here | F |
| His sprightly vein with yours now drop a tear | G |
| In morals blameless as in manners meek | H |
| He knew no wish that he might blush to speak | H |
| But happy in whatever state below | I |
| And richer than the rich in being so | I |
| Obtain'd the hearts of all and such a meed | B |
| At length from one as made him rich indeed | B |
| Hence then ye titles hence not wanted here | F |
| Go garnish merit in a higher sphere | J |
| The brows of those whose more exalted lot | B |
| He could congratulate but envied not | B |
| Light lie the turf good senior on thy breast | B |
| And tranquil as thy mind was be thy rest | B |
| Though living thou hadst more desert than fame | K |
| And not a stone now chronicles thy name | K |
William Cowper
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