Calm Was The Even, And Clear Was The Sky Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDEF GHGHIFJF EKEKHDLF| Calm was the even and clear was the sky | A |
| And the new budding flowers did spring | B |
| When all alone went Amyntas and I | A |
| To hear the sweet nightingale sing | B |
| I sate and he laid him down by me | C |
| But scarcely his breath he could draw | D |
| For when with a fear he began to draw near | E |
| He was dash'd with A ha ha ha ha | F |
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| He blush'd to himself and lay still for a while | G |
| And his modesty curb'd his desire | H |
| But straight I convinc'd all his fear with a smile | G |
| Which added new flames to his fire | H |
| O Silvia said he you are cruel | I |
| To keep your poor lover in awe | F |
| Then once more he press'd with his hand to my breast | J |
| But was dash'd with A ha ha ha ha | F |
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| I knew 'twas his passion that caus'd all his fear | E |
| And therefore I pitied his case | K |
| I whisper'd him softly there's nobody near | E |
| And laid my cheek close to his face | K |
| But as he grew bolder and bolder | H |
| A shepherd came by us and saw | D |
| And just as our bliss we began with a kiss | L |
| He laugh'd out with A ha ha ha ha | F |
John Dryden
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