From The First Act Of The Aminta Of Tasso Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DDEEFGHICCJJFFKLMMFF FFNO PPQQRR FCF SSTTUUVVSWFFXXNNYYZA 2WWB2B2UUQHCC2D2E2B2 B2HF2G2H2B2B2I2I2J2C B2B2FFWWK2 L2F2 QM2FFB2B2B2B2WWFFFFQ QI2I2MFMB2B2B2B2B2B2 B2B2G2G2B2B2FFN2N2QM 2B2B2O2P2DD HQB2B2Q2R2P2O2B2B2QH FFS2S2AAQ2R2 B2B2FFB2B2B2B2C2CB2B 2FT2B2B2SDaphne's Answer to Sylvia declaring she | A |
should esteem all as Enemies | B |
who should talk to her of LOVE | C |
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THEN to the snowy Ewe in thy esteem | D |
The Father of the Flock a Foe must seem | D |
The faithful Turtles to their yielding Mates | E |
The cheerful Spring which Love and Joy creates | E |
That reconciles the World by soft Desires | F |
And tender Thoughts in ev'ry Breast inspires | G |
To you a hateful Season must appear | H |
Whilst Love prevails and all are Lovers here | I |
Observe the gentle Murmurs of that Dove | C |
And see how billing she confirms her Love | C |
For this the Nightingale displays her Throat | J |
And Love Love Love is all her Ev'ning Note | J |
The very Tygers have their tender Hours | F |
And prouder Lyons bow beneath Love's Pow'rs | F |
Thou prouder yet than that imperious Beast | K |
Alone deny'st him Shelter in thy Breast | L |
But why should I the Creatures only name | M |
That Sense partake as Owners of this Flame | M |
Love farther goes nor stops his Course at these | F |
The Plants he moves and gently bends the Trees | F |
See how those Willows mix their am'rous Boughs | F |
And how that Vine clasps her supporting Spouse | F |
The silver Firr dotes on the stately Pine | N |
By Love those Elms by Love those Beeches join | O |
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But view that Oak behold his rugged Side | P |
Yet that rough Bark the melting Flame do's hide | P |
All by their trembling Leaves in Sighs declare | Q |
And tell their Passions to the gath'ring Air | Q |
Which had but Love o'er Thee the least Command | R |
Thou by their Motions too might'st understand | R |
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AMINTOR being ask'd by THIRSIS | F |
Who is the Object of his Love | C |
speaks as follows | F |
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Amint THIRSIS to Thee I mean that Name to show | S |
Which only yet our Groves and Fountains know | S |
That when my Death shall through the Plains be told | T |
Thou with the wretched Cause may'st that unfold | T |
To every one who shall my Story find | U |
Carv'd by thy Hand in some fair Beeches rind | U |
Beneath whose Shade the bleeding Body lay | V |
That when by chance she shall be led that way | V |
O'er my sad Grave the haughty Nymph may go | S |
And the proud Triumph of her Beauty shew | W |
To all the Swains to Strangers as they pass | F |
And yet at length she may but Oh alas | F |
I fear too high my flatt'ring Hopes do soar | X |
Yet she at length may my sad Fate deplore | X |
May weep me Dead may o'er my Tomb recline | N |
And sighing wish were he alive and Mine | N |
But mark me to the End | Y |
Thir Go on for well I do thy Speech attend | Y |
Perhaps to better Ends than yet thou know'st | Z |
Amint Being now a Child or but a Youth at most | A2 |
When scarce to reach the blushing Fruit I knew | W |
Which on the lowest bending Branches grew | W |
Still with the dearest sweetest kindest Maid | B2 |
Young as myself at childish Sports I play'd | B2 |
The Fairest sure of all that Lovely Kind | U |
Who spread their golden Tresses to the Wind | U |
Cydippe's Daughter and Montano's Heir | Q |
Whose Flocks and Herds so num'rous do appear | H |
The beauteous Sylvia She 'tis She I love | C |
Warmth of all Hearts and Pride of ev'ry Grove | C2 |
With Her I liv'd no Turtles e'er so fond | D2 |
Our Houses met but more our Souls were join'd | E2 |
Together Nets for Fish and Fowl we laid | B2 |
Together through the spacious Forest stray'd | B2 |
Pursu'd with equal Speed the flying Deer | H |
And of the Spoils there no Divisions were | F2 |
But whilst I from the Beasts their Freedom won | G2 |
Alas I know not how my Own was gone | H2 |
By unperceiv'd Degrees the Fire encreas'd | B2 |
Which fill'd at last each corner of my Breast | B2 |
As from a Root tho' scarce discern'd so small | I2 |
A Plant may rise that grows amazing tall | I2 |
From Sylvia's Presence now I could not move | J2 |
And from her Eyes took in full Draughts of Love | C |
Which sweetly thro' my ravish'd Mind distill'd | B2 |
Yet in the end such Bitterness wou'd yield | B2 |
That oft I sigh'd ere yet I knew the cause | F |
And was a Lover ere I dream'd I was | F |
But Oh at last too well my State I knew | W |
And now will shew thee how this Passion grew | W |
Then listen while the pleasing Tale I tell | K2 |
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THIRSIS persuades AMINTOR not to despair upon the | L2 |
redictions of Mopsus discov'ring him to be an Impostor | F2 |
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Thirsis Why dost thou still give way to such Despair | Q |
Amintor Too just alas the weighty Causes are | M2 |
Mopsus wise Mopsus who in Art excels | F |
And of all Plants the secret Vertue tells | F |
Knows with what healing Gifts our Springs abound | B2 |
And of each Bird explains the mystick Sound | B2 |
'Twas He ev'n He my wretched Fate foretold | B2 |
Thir Dost thou this Speech then of that Mopsus hold | B2 |
Who whilst his Smiles attract the easy View | W |
Drops flatt'ring Words soft as the falling Dew | W |
Whose outward Form all friendly still appears | F |
Tho' Fraud and Daggers in his Thoughts he wears | F |
And the unwary Labours to surprize | F |
With Looks affected and with riddling Lyes | F |
If He it is that bids thy Love despair | Q |
I hope the happier End of all thy Care | Q |
So far from Truth his vain Predictions fall | I2 |
Amint If ought thou know'st that may my Hopes recall | I2 |
Conceal it not for great I've heard his Fame | M |
And fear'd his Words | F |
Thir When hither first I came | M |
And in these Shades the false Imposter met | B2 |
Like Thee I priz'd and thought his Judgment great | B2 |
On all his study'd Speeches still rely'd | B2 |
Nor fear'd to err whilst led by such a Guide | B2 |
When on a Day that Bus'ness and Delight | B2 |
My Steps did to the Neighb'ring Town invite | B2 |
Which stands upon that rising Mountain's side | B2 |
And from our Plains this River do's divide | B2 |
He check'd me thus Be warn'd in time My Son | G2 |
And that new World of painted Mischiefs shun | G2 |
Whose gay Inhabitants thou shalt behold | B2 |
Plum'd like our Birds and sparkling all in Gold | B2 |
Courtiers that will thy rustick Garb despise | F |
And mock thy Plainness with disdainful Eyes | F |
But above all that Structure see thou fly | N2 |
Where hoarded Vanities and Witchcrafts lie | N2 |
To shun that Path be thy peculiar Care | Q |
I ask what of that Place the Dangers are | M2 |
To which he soon replies there shalt thou meet | B2 |
Of soft Enchantresses th' Enchantments sweet | B2 |
Who subt'ly will thy solid Sense bereave | O2 |
And a false Gloss to ev'ry Object give | P2 |
Brass to thy Sight as polish'd Gold shall seem | D |
And Glass thou as the Diamond shalt esteem | D |
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Huge Heaps of Silver to thee shall appear | H |
Which if approach'd will prove but shining Air | Q |
The very Walls by Magick Art are wrought | B2 |
And Repitition to all Speakers taught | B2 |
Not such as from our Ecchoes we obtain | Q2 |
Which only our last Words return again | R2 |
But Speech for Speech entirely there they give | P2 |
And often add beyond what they receive | O2 |
There downy Couches to false Rest invite | B2 |
The Lawn is charm'd that faintly bars the Light | B2 |
No gilded Seat no iv'ry Board is there | Q |
But what thou may'st for some Delusion fear | H |
Whilst farther to abuse thy wond'ring Eyes | F |
Strange antick Shapes before them shall arise | F |
Fantastick Fiends that will about thee flock | S2 |
And all they see with Imitation mock | S2 |
Nor are these Ills the worst Thyself may'st be | A |
Transform'd into a Flame a Stream a Tree | A |
A Tear congeal'd by Art thou may'st remain | Q2 |
'Till by a burning Sigh dissolv'd again | R2 |
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Thus spake the Wretch but cou'd not shake my Mind | B2 |
My way I take and soon the City find | B2 |
Where above all that lofty Fabrick stands | F |
Which with one View the Town and Plains commands | F |
Here was I stopt for who cou'd quit the Ground | B2 |
That heard such Musick from those Roofs resound | B2 |
Musick beyond th' enticing Syrene's Note | B2 |
Musick beyond the Swan's expiring Throat | B2 |
Beyond the softest Voice that charms the Grove | C2 |
And equal'd only by the Spheres above | C |
My Ear I thought too narrow for the Art | B2 |
Nor fast enough convey'd it to my Heart | B2 |
When in the Entrance of the Gate I saw | F |
A Man Majestick and commanding Awe | T2 |
Yet temper'd with a Carriage so refin'd | B2 |
That undetermin'd was my doubtful Mind | B2 |
Whether for Love or War that Form was mo | S |
Anne Kingsmill Finch
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