Philomel Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBCDDECFGFG| Lo as a minstrel at the court of Love | A |
| The nightingale who knows his mate is nigh | B |
| Thrills into rapture and the stars above | A |
| Look down affrighted as they would reply | B |
| There is contagion and I know not why | B |
| In all this clamour all this fierce delight | C |
| As if the sunset when the day did swoon | D |
| Had drawn some wild confession from the moon | D |
| Have wrongs been done Have crimes enacted been | E |
| To shame the weird retirement of the night | C |
| O clamourous bird O sad sweet nightingale | F |
| Withhold thy voice and blame not Beauty's queen | G |
| She may be pure though dumb and she is pale | F |
| And wears a radiance on her brow serene | G |
Eric Mackay
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