Gascoigne's Lullaby Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCDD EFGFHHII JKLKMMNN HOHPQQHH RBRBSSTT JUJVWWDD| Sing lullaby as women do | A |
| Wherewith they bring their babes to rest | B |
| And lullaby can I sing to | A |
| As womanly as can the best | B |
| With lullaby they still the child | C |
| And if I be not much beguil'd | C |
| Full many wanton babes have I | D |
| Which must be still'd with lullaby | D |
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| First lullaby my youthful years | E |
| It is now time to go to bed | F |
| For crooked age and hoary hairs | G |
| Have won the haven within my head | F |
| With lullaby then youth be still | H |
| With lullaby content thy will | H |
| Since courage quails and comes behind | I |
| Go sleep and so beguile thy mind | I |
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| Next lullaby my gazing eyes | J |
| Which wonted were to glance apace | K |
| For every glass may now suffice | L |
| To show the furrows in my face | K |
| With lullaby then wink awhile | M |
| With lullaby your looks beguile | M |
| Let no fair face nor beauty bright | N |
| Entice you eft with vain delight | N |
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| And lullaby my wanton will | H |
| Let reason's rule now reign thy thought | O |
| Since all too late I find by skill | H |
| How dear I have thy fancies bought | P |
| With lullaby now take thine ease | Q |
| With lullaby thy doubts appease | Q |
| For trust to this if thou be still | H |
| My body shall obey thy will | H |
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| Eke lullaby my loving boy | R |
| My little Robin take thy rest | B |
| Since age is cold and nothing coy | R |
| Keep close thy coin for so is best | B |
| With lullaby be thou content | S |
| With lullaby thy lusts relent | S |
| Let others pay which have mo pence | T |
| Thou art too poor for such expense | T |
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| Thus lullaby my youth mine eyes | J |
| My will my ware and all that was | U |
| I can no mo delays devise | J |
| But welcome pain let pleasure pass | V |
| With lullaby now take your leave | W |
| With lullaby your dreams deceive | W |
| And when you rise with waking eye | D |
| Remember Gascoigne's lullaby | D |
George Gascoigne
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