Verses Written At Bath, On Finding The Heel Of A Shoe. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDECFCGHCIJCCKLCM CNOPCQRSTUVCWXYCEZA2 B2C2CCCD2Y| Fortune I thank thee gentle goddess thanks | A |
| Not that my muse though bashful shall deny | B |
| She would have thank'd thee rather hadst thou cast | C |
| A treasure in her way for neither meed | C |
| Of early breakfast to dispel the fumes | D |
| And bowel racking pains of emptiness | E |
| Nor noontide feast nor evening's cool repast | C |
| Hopes she from this presumptuous though perhaps | F |
| The cobbler leather carving artist might | C |
| Nathless she thanks thee and accepts thy boon | G |
| Whatever not as erst the fabled cock | H |
| Vain glorious fool unknowing what he found | C |
| Spurn'd the rich gem thou gavest him Wherefore ah | I |
| Why not on me that favour worthier sure | J |
| Conferr'dst thou goddess Thou art blind thou say'st | C |
| Enough thy blindness shall excuse the deed | C |
| Nor does my muse no benefit exhale | K |
| From this thy scant indulgence even here | L |
| Hints worthy sage philosophy are found | C |
| Illustrious hints to moralize my song | M |
| This ponderous heel of perforated hide | C |
| Compact with pegs indented many a row | N |
| Haply for such its massy form bespeaks | O |
| The weighty tread of some rude peasant clown | P |
| Upbore on this supported oft he stretch'd | C |
| With uncouth strides along the furrow'd glebe | Q |
| Flattening the stubborn clod till cruel time | R |
| What will not cruel time on a wry step | S |
| Sever'd the strict cohesion when alas | T |
| He who could erst with even equal pace | U |
| Pursue his destined way with symmetry | V |
| And some proportion form'd now on one side | C |
| Curtail'd and maim'd the sport of vagrant boys | W |
| Cursing his frail supporter treacherous prop | X |
| With toilsome steps and difficult moves on | Y |
| Thus fares it oft with other than the feet | C |
| Of humble villager the statesman thus | E |
| Up the steep road where proud ambition leads | Z |
| Aspiring first uninterrupted winds | A2 |
| His prosperous way nor fears miscarriage foul | B2 |
| While policy prevails and friends prove true | C2 |
| But that support soon failing by him left | C |
| On whom he most depended basely left | C |
| Betray'd deserted from his airy height | C |
| Headlong he falls and through the rest of life | D2 |
| Drags the dull load of disappointment on | Y |
William Cowper
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