Song, By Waller Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEDEE FGFGG HIJKK ELELL MNMNNO| A Lady of Cambridge lent Waller's Poems to the Author and | A |
| when he returned them to her she discovered an additional | B |
| stanza written by him at the bottom of the song here copied | C |
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| Go lovely rose | D |
| Tell her that wastes her time on me | E |
| That now she knows | D |
| When I resemble her to thee | E |
| How sweet and fair she seems to be | E |
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| Tell her that's young | F |
| And shuns to have her graces spied | G |
| That hadst thou sprung | F |
| In deserts where no men abide | G |
| Thou must have uncommended died | G |
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| Small is the worth | H |
| Of beauty from the light retired | I |
| Bid her come forth | J |
| Suffer herself to be desired | K |
| And not blush so to be admired | K |
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| Then die that she | E |
| The common fate of all things rare | L |
| May read in thee | E |
| How small a part of time they share | L |
| That are so wondrous sweet and fair | L |
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| Yet though thou fade | M |
| From thy dead leaves let fragrance rise | N |
| And teach the maid | M |
| That Goodness Time's rude hand defies | N |
| That Virtue lives when Beauty dies | N |
| H K WHITE | O |
Henry Kirk White
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