Fontinella[1] To Florinda Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFF GHGIJJ KLKMNN| When on my bosom thy bright eyes | A |
| Florinda dart their heavenly beams | B |
| I feel not the least love surprise | A |
| Yet endless tears flow down in streams | B |
| There's nought so beautiful in thee | C |
| But you may find the same in me | C |
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| The lilies of thy skin compare | D |
| In me you see them full as white | E |
| The roses of your cheeks I dare | D |
| Affirm can't glow to more delight | E |
| Then since I show as fine a face | F |
| Can you refuse a soft embrace | F |
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| Ah lovely nymph thou'rt in thy prime | G |
| And so am I while thou art here | H |
| But soon will come the fatal time | G |
| When all we see shall disappear | I |
| 'Tis mine to make a just reflection | J |
| And yours to follow my direction | J |
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| Then catch admirers while you may | K |
| Treat not your lovers with disdain | L |
| For time with beauty flies away | K |
| And there is no return again | M |
| To you the sad account I bring | N |
| Life's autumn has no second spring | N |
Jonathan Swift
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