My Beloved Is Mine And I Am His Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHGHIF JKJKEF KHKHFF LMLNFF OPOQFF RSRSFF| Even like two little bank dividing brooks | A |
| That wash the pebbles with their wanton stream | B |
| And having ranged and searched a thousand nook | C |
| Meet both at length in silver breasted Thames | D |
| Where in a greater current they conjoin | E |
| So I my Best Beloved's am so he is mine | F |
| Even so we met and after long pursuit | G |
| Even so we joined we both became entire | H |
| No need for either to renew a suit | G |
| For I was flax and he was flames of fire | H |
| Our firm united souls did more than | I |
| So I my Best Beloved's am so he is mine | F |
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| If all those glittering monarchs that command | J |
| The servile quarters of this earthly ball | K |
| Should tender in exchange their shares of land | J |
| I would not change my fortunes for them all | K |
| Their wealth is but a counter to my coin | E |
| The world's but theirs but my Beloved's mine | F |
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| Nay more if the fair Thespian ladies all | K |
| Should heap together their diviner treasure | H |
| That treasure should be deemed a price too small | K |
| To buy a minute's lease of half my pleasure | H |
| 'Tis not the sacred wealth of all the Nine | F |
| Can buy my heart from him or his from being mine | F |
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| Nor time nor place nor chance nor death can bow | L |
| My least desires unto the least remove | M |
| He's firmly mine by oath I his by vow | L |
| He's mine by faith and I am his by love | N |
| He's mine by water I am his by wine | F |
| Thus I my Best Beloved's am thus he is mine | F |
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| He is my altar I his holy place | O |
| I am his guest and he my living food | P |
| I'm his by penitence he mine by grace | O |
| I'm his by purchase he is mine by blood | Q |
| He's my supporting elm and I his vine | F |
| Thus I my Best Beloved's am thus he is mine | F |
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| He gives me wealth I give him all my vows | R |
| I give him songs he gives me length of days | S |
| With wreaths of grace he crowns my conquering brows | R |
| And I his temples with a crown of praise | S |
| Which he accepts as an everlasting sign | F |
| That I my Best Beloved's am that he is mine | F |
Francis Quarles
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