Orpheus I Am, Come From The Deeps Below Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DEDE FFGG HHIJ| Orpheus I am come from the deeps below | A |
| To thee fond man the plagues of love to show | A |
| To the fair fields where loves eternal dwell | B |
| There's none that come but first they pass through hell | B |
| Hark and beware unless thou hast loved ever | C |
| Beloved again thou shalt see those joys never | C |
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| Hark how they groan that died despairing | D |
| Oh take heed then | E |
| Hark how they howl for over daring | D |
| All these were men | E |
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| They that be fools and die for fame | F |
| They lose their name | F |
| And they that bleed | G |
| Hark how they speed | G |
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| Now in cold frosts now scorching fires | H |
| They sit and curse their lost desires | H |
| Nor shall these souls be free from pains and fears | I |
| Till women waft them over in their tears | J |
John Fletcher
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