Epitaphs Iii. O Thou Who Movest Onward With A Mind Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQJRS| O thou who movest onward with a mind | A |
| Intent upon thy way pause though in haste | B |
| 'Twill be no fruitless moment I was born | C |
| Within Savona's walls of gentle blood | D |
| On Tiber's banks my youth was dedicate | E |
| To sacred studies and the Roman Shepherd | F |
| Gave to my charge Urbino's numerous flock | G |
| Well did I watch much laboured nor had power | H |
| To escape from many and strange indignities | I |
| Was smitten by the great ones of the world | J |
| But did not fall for Virtue braves all shocks | K |
| Upon herself resting immoveably | L |
| Me did a kindlier fortune then invite | M |
| To serve the glorious Henry King of France | N |
| And in his hands I saw a high reward | O |
| Stretched out for my acceptance but Death came | P |
| Now Reader learn from this my fate how false | Q |
| How treacherous to her promise is the world | J |
| And trust in God to whose eternal doom | R |
| Must bend the sceptred Potentates of earth | S |
William Wordsworth
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