On A Fly Drinking Out Of His Cup Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEEFG| Busy curious thirsty fly | A |
| Drink with me and drink as I | A |
| Freely welcome to my cup | B |
| Couldst thou sip and sip it up | B |
| Make the most of life you may | C |
| Life is short and wears away | C |
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| Both alike are mine and thine | D |
| Hastening quick to their decline | D |
| Thine 's a summer mine 's no more | E |
| Though repeated to threescore | E |
| Threescore summers when they're gone | F |
| Will appear as short as one | G |
William Oldys
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