Of His Mistress. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDDC AEEA AFFA GAAG HBBHAfter Anthony Hamilton | A |
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To G S | B |
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She that I love is neither brown nor fair | C |
And in a word her worth to say | D |
There is no maid that with her may | D |
Compare | C |
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Yet of her charms the count is clear I ween | A |
There are five hundred things we see | E |
And then five hundred too there be | E |
Not seen | A |
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Her wit her wisdom are direct from Heaven | A |
But the sweet Graces from their store | F |
A thousand finer touches more | F |
Have given | A |
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Her cheek's warm dye what painter's brush could note | G |
Beside her Flora would be wan | A |
And white as whiteness of the swan | A |
Her throat | G |
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Her supple waist her arm from Venus came | H |
Hebe her nose and lip confess | B |
And looking in her eyes you guess | B |
Her name | H |
Henry Austin Dobson
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