The Maltworm's Madrigal Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CDDD EECC DDFF FFDD AAGG| I drink of the Ale of Southwark I drink of the Ale of Chepe | A |
| At noon I dream on the settle at night I cannot sleep | A |
| For my love my love it groweth I waste me all the day | B |
| And when I see sweet Alison I know not what to say | B |
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| The sparrow when he spieth his Dear upon the tree | C |
| He beateth to his little wing he chirketh lustily | D |
| But when I see sweet Alison the words begin to fail | D |
| I wot that I shall die of Love an I die not of Ale | D |
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| Her lips are like the muscadel her brows are black as ink | E |
| Her eyes are bright as beryl stones that in the tankard wink | E |
| But when she sees me coming she shrilleth out Te Hee | C |
| Fye on thy ruddy nose Cousin what lackest thou of me | C |
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| Fye on thy ruddy nose Cousin Why be thine eyes so small | D |
| Why go thy legs tap lappetty like men that fear to fall | D |
| Why is thy leathern doublet besmeared with stain and spot | F |
| Go to Thou art no man she saith thou art a Pottle pot | F |
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| No man i'faith No man she saith And Pottle pot thereto | F |
| Thou sleepest like our dog all day thou drink'st as fishes do | F |
| I would that I were Tibb the dog he wags at her his tail | D |
| Or would that I were fish in truth and all the sea were Ale | D |
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| So I drink of the Ale of Southwark I drink of the Ale of Chepe | A |
| All day I dream in the sunlight I dream and eke I weep | A |
| But little lore of loving can any flagon teach | G |
| For when my tongue is loos d most then most I lose my speech | G |
Henry Austin Dobson
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