To A City Girl. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDBDC AEAFGBGC AHAHACAC IAIAJKJC LELFMBMC| Sweet Mary though nor sighs nor pains | A |
| Impassion'd courtship prove | B |
| My simple song the truth ne'er feigns | A |
| To win thee to my love | C |
| I ask thee from thy bustling life | D |
| Where nought can pleasing prove | B |
| From city noise and care and strife | D |
| O come and be my love | C |
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| If harmless mirth delight thine eyes | A |
| Then make my cot thy home | E |
| The country life abounds with joys | A |
| And whispers thee to come | F |
| Here fiddles urge thy nimble feet | G |
| Adown the dance to move | B |
| Here pleasures in continuance meet | G |
| O come and be my love | C |
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| If music's charm that all delights | A |
| Has witcheries for thee | H |
| The country then my love invites | A |
| In echoed melody | H |
| Here thrushes chant their madrigals | A |
| Here breathes the ringed dove | C |
| Soft as day's closing murmur falls | A |
| O come and be my love | C |
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| If nature's prospects wood and vale | I |
| Thy visits can entice | A |
| The country's scenes thy coming hail | I |
| To meet a paradise | A |
| Here pride can raise no barring wall | J |
| To hide the flower and grove | K |
| Here fields are gardens free for all | J |
| O come and be my love | C |
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| If music mirth and all combine | L |
| To make my cot thy home | E |
| To tempt thee Mary to be mine | L |
| Then why delay to come | F |
| Here night birds sing my love to sleep | M |
| Here sweet thy dreams shall prove | B |
| Here in my arms shall Mary creep | M |
| O come and be my love | C |
John Clare
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