The Tears Of Amynta, For The Death Of Damon Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCBDDE FFGFFGHHG CCICCI GGI| On a bank beside a willow | A |
| Heaven her covering earth her pillow | A |
| Sad Amynta sigh'd alone | B |
| From the cheerless dawn of morning | C |
| Till the dews of night returning | C |
| Singing thus she made her moan | B |
| Hope is banish'd | D |
| Joys are vanish'd | D |
| Damon my beloved is gone | E |
| - | |
| Time I dare thee to discover | F |
| Such a youth and such a lover | F |
| Oh so true so kind was he | G |
| Damon was the pride of nature | F |
| Charming in his every feature | F |
| Damon lived alone for me | G |
| Melting kisses | H |
| Murmuring blisses | H |
| Who so lived and loved as we | G |
| - | |
| Never shall we curse the morning | C |
| Never bless the night returning | C |
| Sweet embraces to restore | I |
| Never shall we both lie dying | C |
| Nature failing Love supplying | C |
| All the joys he drain'd before | I |
| - | |
| Death come end me | G |
| To befriend me | G |
| Love and Damon are no more | I |
John Dryden
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