Monitory Verses Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CCDDEFGHII JJKKLLMMNNOOPP| To a Young Lady who indulged too gloomy | A |
| ideas of our sublunary state | B |
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| Dear nymph of a feeling and delicate mind | C |
| Whose eye the rash tears of timidity blind | C |
| When fancy alarm'd takes a heart chilling hue | D |
| And the prospect of life is all dark in thy view | D |
| Let me as thy monitor mild and sincere | E |
| To thy spirit the gift of existence endear | F |
| And shew thee if darkened by fear or chagrin | G |
| The sunshine of friendship can gild every scene | H |
| Those who true to the Ruler of every hour | I |
| Rely on his mercy and trust in his power | I |
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| Whatso'er is their lot may by viewing it right | J |
| Convert all its darkness to visions of light | J |
| When mortals of hope the fair presage assume | K |
| Even death's sable pall is no object of gloom | K |
| They smile on the path which their best friends have trod | L |
| And rejoice when they feel they are summon'd to God | L |
| Be it long my young friend ere such joy can be thine | M |
| First embrace all the gifts faith exults to resign | M |
| The best prelude to death is without mental strife | N |
| To be grateful for all the pure pleasures of life | N |
| And many pure pleasures to mortals are given | O |
| Sick or well rich or poor by the bounty of heaven | O |
| If we all draw them forth by well acting our part | P |
| From that mine of delight an affectionate heart | P |
William Hayley
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