My Dear And Only Love Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJIKLDLD CBCBMDMD NONPQDQD| My dear and only Love I pray | A |
| This noble world of thee | B |
| Be govern'd by no other sway | A |
| But purest monarchy | B |
| For if confusion have a part | C |
| Which virtuous souls abhor | D |
| And hold a synod in thy heart | C |
| I'll never love thee more | D |
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| Like Alexander I will reign | E |
| And I will reign alone | F |
| My thoughts shall evermore disdain | E |
| A rival on my throne | F |
| He either fears his fate too much | G |
| Or his deserts are small | H |
| That puts it not unto the touch | G |
| To win or lose it all | H |
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| But I must rule and govern still | I |
| And always give the law | J |
| And have each subject at my will | I |
| And all to stand in awe | K |
| But 'gainst my battery if I find | L |
| Thou shunn'st the prize so sore | D |
| As that thou sett'st me up a blind | L |
| I'll never love thee more | D |
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| Or in the empire of thy heart | C |
| Where I should solely be | B |
| Another do pretend a part | C |
| And dares to vie with me | B |
| Or if committees thou erect | M |
| And go on such a score | D |
| I'll sing and laugh at thy neglect | M |
| And never love thee more | D |
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| But if thou wilt be constant then | N |
| And faithful of thy word | O |
| I'll make thee glorious by my pen | N |
| And famous by my sword | P |
| I'll serve thee in such noble ways | Q |
| Was never heard before | D |
| I'll crown and deck thee all with bays | Q |
| And love thee evermore | D |
James Graham
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