Frank Leigh's Song: A.d. 1586 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFF GH| Ah tyrant Love Megaera's serpents bearing | A |
| Why thus requite my sighs with venom'd smart | B |
| Ah ruthless dove the vulture's talons wearing | A |
| Why flesh them traitress in this faithful heart | B |
| Is this my meed Must dragons' teeth alone | C |
| In Venus' lawns by lovers' hands be sown | C |
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| Nay gentlest Cupid 'twas my pride undid me | D |
| Nay guiltless dove by mine own wound I fell | E |
| To worship not to wed Celestials bid me | D |
| I dreamt to mate in heaven and wake in hell | E |
| For ever doom'd Ixion like to reel | F |
| On mine own passions' ever burning wheel | F |
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| Devonshire | G |
| From Westward Ho | H |
Charles Kingsley
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