A Song. Go Tell Amynta, Gentle Swain Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCDEEFF GHIIJKLL| A | |
| Go tell Amynta gentle swain | B |
| I would not die nor dare complain | B |
| Thy tuneful voice with numbers join | C |
| Thy voice will more prevail than mine | D |
| For souls opprest and dumb with grief | E |
| The gods ordain'd this kind relief | E |
| That music should in sounds convey | F |
| What dying lovers dare not say | F |
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| A sigh or tear perhaps she'll give | G |
| But love on pity cannot live | H |
| Tell her that hearts for hearts were made | I |
| And love with love is only paid | I |
| Tell her my pains so fast increase | J |
| That soon it will be past redress | K |
| For the wretch that speechless lies | L |
| Attends but death to close his eyes | L |
John Dryden
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