Consolatorium, Ad Parentes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDDDEEFFFGFFFD DHHFFCCFFCCFFFCCCCDD| Lett her parents then confesse | A |
| That they beleeve her happinesse | A |
| Which now they question Thinke as you | B |
| Lent her the world Heaven lent her you | B |
| And is it just then to complayne | C |
| When each hath but his owne againe | C |
| Then thinke what both your glories are | D |
| In her preferment for tis farre | D |
| Nobler to gett a Saint and beare | D |
| A childe to Heaven than an Heyre | D |
| To a large Empire Thinke beside | E |
| Shee dyde not yong but livde a Bride | E |
| Your best wishes for her good | F |
| Were but to see her well bestowde | F |
| Was shee not so Shee marryed to | F |
| The heyre of all things who did owe | G |
| Her infant Soule and bought it too | F |
| Nor was shee barren markt you not | F |
| Those pretty little Graces that | F |
| Play'd round about her sicke bedde three | D |
| Th' eldst Faith Hope Charity | D |
| Twere pretty bigge ones and the same | H |
| That cryde so on theyr Fathers name | H |
| The yongst is gone with Her the two | F |
| Eldest stay to comfort you | F |
| And little though they bee they can | C |
| Master the biggest foes of man | C |
| Lastly thinke that Hir abode | F |
| With you was some fewe years boarde | F |
| After hir marriage now shee's gone | C |
| Home royally attended on | C |
| And if you had Elisha's sight | F |
| To see the number of her bright | F |
| Attendants thither or Paul's rapt sprite | F |
| To see her Welcome there why then | C |
| Wish if you could Her here agen | C |
| Ime sure you could not but all passion | C |
| Would loose itselfe in admiration | C |
| And strong longings to be there | D |
| Where cause shee is you mourn for Her | D |
William Strode
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