The Fair Stranger.[1] Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCC DDEE FFGG HIJJ| A Song | A |
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| - | |
| Happy and free securely blest | B |
| No beauty could disturb my rest | B |
| My amorous heart was in despair | C |
| To find a new victorious fair | C |
| - | |
| Till you descending on our plains | D |
| With foreign force renew my chains | D |
| Where now you rule without control | E |
| The mighty sovereign of my soul | E |
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| Your smiles have more of conquering charms | F |
| Than all your native country arms | F |
| Their troops we can expel with ease | G |
| Who vanquish only when we please | G |
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| But in your eyes oh there's the spell | H |
| Who can see them and not rebel | I |
| You make us captives by your stay | J |
| Yet kill us if you go away | J |
John Dryden
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