Heraclitus Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD| They told me Heraclitus they told me you were dead | A |
| They brought me bitter news to hear and bitter tears to shed | A |
| I wept as I remember'd how often you and I | B |
| Had tired the sun with talking and sent him down the sky | B |
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| And now that thou art lying my dear old Carian guest | C |
| A handful of grey ashes long long ago at rest | C |
| Still are thy pleasant voices thy nightingales awake | D |
| For Death he taketh all away but them he cannot take | D |
William (johnson) Cory
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Vivienne Ellis : I absolutely love it. It encapsulates an old warm friendship, loving and true.
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