In Cypres Springes, Wheras Dame Venus Dwelt Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCCCCCCCDD C CBCBCCCCCCCCDD| In Cypres springes wheras dame Venus dwelt | A |
| A well so hote that who so tastes the same | B |
| Were he of stone as thawed yse shuld melt | A |
| And kindled fynde his brest with secret flame | B |
| Whose moist poison dissolved hath my hate | C |
| This creping fier my cold lymms so oprest | C |
| That in the hart that harbred fredom late | C |
| Endles dispaire long thraldom hath imprest | C |
| One eke so cold in froson snow is found | C |
| Whose chilling venume of repugnaunt kind | C |
| The fervent heat doth quenche of Cupides wound | C |
| And with the spote of change infects the mynd | C |
| Whereof my deer hath tasted to my payne | D |
| My service thus is growne into disdayne | D |
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| Complaint of the louer disdained | C |
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| In Ciprus springes whereas dame Venus dwelt | C |
| A well so hote that whoso tastes the same | B |
| Were he of stone as thawed yse should melt | C |
| And kindled fynde his brest with fired flame | B |
| Whose moyst poyson dissolued hath my hate | C |
| This creeping fire my colde lims so opprest | C |
| That in the hart that harborde freedome late | C |
| Endlesse despeyre longe thraldome hath imprest | C |
| An other so colde in frozen yse is founde | C |
| Whose chilling venom of repugnant kynde | C |
| The feruent heat doth quenche of Cupides wounde | C |
| And with the spot of change infectes the minde | C |
| Whereof my dere hath tasted to my paine | D |
| My seruice thus is growen into disdaine | D |
Henry Howard
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