To Coelia Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEGHIHI JFJFKLKL| When Coelia must my old day set | A |
| And my young morning rise | B |
| In beams of joy so bright as yet | A |
| Ne'er bless'd a lover's eyes | B |
| My state is more advanced than when | C |
| I first attempted thee | D |
| I sued to be a servant then | C |
| But now to be made free | D |
| - | |
| I've served my time faithful and true | E |
| Expecting to be placed | F |
| In happy freedom as my due | E |
| To all the joys thou hast | G |
| Ill husbandry in love is such | H |
| A scandal to love's power | I |
| We ought not to misspend so much | H |
| As one poor short lived hour | I |
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| Yet think not sweet I'm weary grown | J |
| That I pretend such haste | F |
| Since none to surfeit e'er was known | J |
| Before he had a taste | F |
| My infant love could humbly wait | K |
| When young it scarce knew how | L |
| To plead but grown to man's estate | K |
| He is impatient now | L |
Charles Cotton
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