O Thou, Whose Stern Command And Precepts Pure Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBACDDEFGGFHH| O thou whose stern command and precepts pure | A |
| Tho' agony in every vein should start | B |
| And slowly drain the blood drops from the heart | B |
| Have bade the patient spirit still endure | A |
| Thou who to sorrow hast a beauty lent | C |
| On the dark brow with resolution clad | D |
| Illumining the dreary traces sad | D |
| Like the cold taper on a monument | E |
| O firm Philosophy display the tide | F |
| Of human misery and oft relate | G |
| How silent sinking in the storms of fate | G |
| The brave and good have bow'd their head and died | F |
| So taught by Thee some solace I may find | H |
| Remembering the sorrows of mankind | H |
William Lisle Bowles
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