Phyllida's Love-call Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDADDAD AEAEFDFGDG AHAHIJKIJK LDMMMNOMNO AAAAPQMPQM AMAMCRIBAS| Phyllida CORYDON arise my Corydon | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Titan shineth clear | B |
| Corydon Who is it that calleth Corydon | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Who is it that I hear | C |
| Phyl Phyllida thy true love calleth thee | D |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Arise then arise then | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Arise and keep thy flock with me | D |
| Cor Phyllida my true love is it she | D |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp I come then I come then | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp I come and keep my flock with thee | D |
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| Phyl Here are cherries ripe for my Corydon | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Eat them for my sake | E |
| Cor Here 's my oaten pipe my lovely one | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Sport for thee to make | E |
| Phyl Here are threads my true love fine as silk | F |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp To knit thee to knit thee | D |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp A pair of stockings white as milk | F |
| Cor Here are reeds my true love fine and neat | G |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp To make thee to make thee | D |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp A bonnet to withstand the heat | G |
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| Phyl I will gather flowers my Corydon | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp To set in thy cap | H |
| Cor I will gather pears my lovely one | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp To put in thy lap | H |
| Phyl I will buy my true love garters gay | I |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp For Sundays for Sundays | J |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp To wear about his legs so tall | K |
| Cor I will buy my true love yellow say | I |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp For Sundays for Sundays | J |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp To wear about her middle small | K |
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| Phyl When my Corydon sits on a hill | L |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Making melody | D |
| Cor When my lovely one goes to her wheel | M |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Singing cheerily | M |
| Phyl Sure methinks my true love doth excel | M |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp For sweetness for sweetness | N |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Our Pan that old Arcadian knight | O |
| Cor And methinks my true love bears the bell | M |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp For clearness for clearness | N |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Beyond the nymphs that be so bright | O |
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| Phyl Had my Corydon my Corydon | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Been alack her swain | A |
| Cor Had my lovely one my lovely one | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Been in Ida plain | A |
| Phyl Cynthia Endymion had refused | P |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Preferring preferring | Q |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp My Corydon to play withal | M |
| Cor The Queen of Love had been excused | P |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Bequeathing bequeathing | Q |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp My Phyllida the golden ball | M |
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| Phyl Yonder comes my mother Corydon | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Whither shall I fly | M |
| Cor Under yonder beech my lovely one | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp While she passeth by | M |
| Phyl Say to her thy true love was not here | C |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Remember remember | R |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp To morrow is another day | I |
| Cor Doubt me not my true love do not fear | B |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Farewell then farewell then | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Heaven keep our loves alway | S |
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