Yes, that would provide a symmetrical structure and perhaps is a better way to regard the poet's intentions. Possibly this was a standard pattern of the day (quatrain, three couplets, quatrain), one with which other poets were familiar so the symmetry was taken for granted. I haven't looked to see if it is a structure often used, but I wouldn't be surprised to find that it is.
For a modern reader like myself (and I may be the only one), the self-rhyme "came" creates confusion as it establishes a connection to the rhymes of the initial quatrain.
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