Poet George Gascoigne

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The Green Knight's Farewell To Fancy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDD EEFGDD HHIIDD JJKKDD LLMMDD NNOODD KKPPDD PPPPDD PPPPDD PPQQDD

n my hat full harebrainedly thy flowers did I wearA
Too late I find at last thy fruits are nothing worthB
Thy blossoms fall and fade full fast though bravery bring them forthC
By thee I hoped always in deep delights to dwellD
But since I find thy fickleness Fancy quoth he farewellD
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Thou mad'st me live in love which wisdom bids me hateE
Thou bleared'st mine eyes and mad'st me think that faith was mine by fateE
By thee those bitter sweets did please my taste alwayF
By thee I thought that love was light and pain was but a playG
I thought that beauty's blaze was meet to bear the bellD
And since I find myself deceived Fancy quoth he farewellD
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The gloss of gorgeous courts by thee did please mine eyeH
A stately sight me thought it was to see the brave go byH
To see their feathers flaunt to mark their strange deviceI
To lie along in ladies' laps to lisp and make it niceI
To fawn and flatter both I liked sometime wellD
But since I see how vain it is Fancy quoth he farewellD
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When court had cast me off I toiled at the ploughJ
My fancy stood in strange conceits to thrive I wot not howJ
By mills by making malt by sheep and eke by swineK
By duck and drake by pig and goose by calves and keeping kineK
By feeding bullocks fat when price at markets fellD
But since my swains eat up the gains Fancy quoth he farewellD
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In hunting of the deer my fancy took delightL
All forests knew my folly still the moonshine was my lightL
In frosts I felt no cold a sunburnt hue was bestM
I sweat and was in temper still my watching seemed to restM
What dangers deep I passed it folly were to tellD
And since I sigh to think thereon Fancy quoth he farewellD
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A fancy fed me once to write in verse and rhymeN
To wray my grief to crave reward to cover still my crimeN
To frame a long discourse on stirring of a strawO
To rumble rhyme in raff and ruff yet all not worth a hawO
To hear it said there goeth the man that writes so wellD
But since I see what poets be Fancy quoth he farewellD
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At music's sacred sound my fancies eft begunK
In concords discords notes and clefs in tunes of unisonK
In Hierarchies and strains in rests in rule and spaceP
In monochords and moving modes in Burdens underbassP
In descants and in chants I strained many a yellD
But since musicians be so mad Fancy quoth he farewellD
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To plant strange country fruits to sow such seeds likewiseP
To dig and delve for new found roots where old might well sufficeP
To prune the water boughs to pick the mossy treesP
Oh how it pleased my fancy once to kneel upon my kneesP
To griff a pippin stock when sap begins to swellD
But since the gains scarce quit the cost Fancy quoth he farewellD
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Fancy quoth he farewell which made me follow drumsP
Where powdered bullets serves for sauce to every dish that comesP
Where treason lurks in trust where Hope all hearts beguilesP
Where mischief lieth still in wait when fortune friendly smilesP
Where one day's prison proves that all such heavens are hellD
And such I feel the fruits thereof Fancy quoth he farewellD
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If reason rule my thoughts and God vouchsafe me graceP
Then comfort of philosophy shall make me change my raceP
And fond I shall it find that Fancy sets to showQ
For weakly stands that building still which lacketh grace by lowQ
But since I must accept my fortunes as they fellD
I say God send me better speed and Fancy now farewellD

George Gascoigne



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