To A City Girl. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDBDC AEAFGBGC AHAHACAC IAIAJKJC LELFMBMCSweet 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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