Soli Cantare Periti Arcades Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAA BABA ACAC DEFE GHGH GGGG AAAAOh I would live in a dairy | A |
And its Colin I would be | A |
And many a rustic fairy | A |
Should churn the milk with me | A |
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Or the fields should be my pleasure | B |
And my flocks should follow me | A |
Piping a frolic measure | B |
For Joan or Marjorie | A |
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For the town is black and weary | A |
And I hate the London street | C |
But the country ways are cheery | A |
And country lanes are sweet | C |
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Good luck to you Paris ladies | D |
Ye are over fine and nice | E |
I know where the country maid is | F |
Who needs not asking twice | E |
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Ye are brave in your silks and satins | G |
As ye mince about the Town | H |
But her feet go free in pattens | G |
If she wear a russet gown | H |
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If she be not queen nor goddess | G |
She shall milk my brown eyed herds | G |
And the breasts beneath her bodice | G |
Are whiter than her curds | G |
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So I will live in a dairy | A |
And its Colin I will be | A |
And it's Joan that I will marry | A |
Or haply Marjorie | A |
Ernest Dowson
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