The Surrender Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EFGG HHIIIIFIJK IIFFLL MMNOPPII QQ| MY once dear love hapless that I no more | A |
| Must call thee so the rich affection's store | A |
| That fed our hope lies now exhaust and spent | B |
| Like sums of treasure unto bankrupts lent | B |
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| We that did nothing study but the way | C |
| To love each other with which thoughts the day | C |
| Rose with delight to us and with them set | D |
| Must learn the hateful art how to forget | D |
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| We that did nothing wish that Heaven would give | E |
| Beyond ourselves nor did desire to live | F |
| Beyond that wish all these now cancel must | G |
| As if not writ in faith but words and dust | G |
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| Yet witness those clear vows which lovers make | H |
| Witness the chaste desires that never brake | H |
| Into unruly heats witness that breast | I |
| Which in thy bosom anchor'd his whole rest | I |
| 'Tis no default in us I dare acquite | I |
| Thy maiden faith thy purpose fair and white | I |
| As thy pure self Cross planets did env | F |
| Us to each other and Heaven did untie | I |
| Faster than vows could bind Oh that the stars | J |
| When lovers meet should stand opposed in wars | K |
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| Since then some higher destinies command | I |
| Let us not strive nor labor to withstand | I |
| What is past help The longest date of grief | F |
| Can never yield a hope of our relief | F |
| And though we waste ourselves in moist laments | L |
| Tears may drown us but not our discontents | L |
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| Fold back our arms take home our fruitless loves | M |
| That must new fortunes try like turtle doves | M |
| Dislodg d from their haunts We must in tears | N |
| Unwind a love knit up in many years | O |
| In this last kiss I here surrender thee | P |
| Back to thy self so thou again art free | P |
| Thou in another sad as that resend | I |
| The truest heart that lover e'er did lend | I |
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| Now turn from each So fare our severed hearts | Q |
| As the divorced soul from her body parts | Q |
Henry King
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