To My Dear Sister, Mrs. C. P. On Her Nuptial Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDD DDEEFF GGDDFF HIDDJK| We will not like those men our offerings pay | A |
| Who crown the cup then think they crown the day | A |
| We make no garlands nor an altar build | B |
| Which help not Joy but Ostentation yield | C |
| Where mirth is justly grounded these wild toyes | D |
| Are but a troublesome and empty noise | D |
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| But these shall be my great Solemnities | D |
| Orinda's wishes for Cassandra's bliss | D |
| May her Content be as unmix'd and pure | E |
| As my Affection and like that endure | E |
| And that strong Happiness may she still find | F |
| Not owing to her Fortune but her Mind | F |
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| May her Content and Duty be the same | G |
| And may she know no Grief but in the name | G |
| May his and her Pleasure and Love be so | D |
| Involv'd and growing that we may not know | D |
| Who most Affection or most Peace engrost | F |
| Whose Love is strongest or whose Bliss is most | F |
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| May nothing accidental e're appear | H |
| But what shall with new bonds their Souls endear | I |
| And may they count the hours as they pass | D |
| By their own Joys and not by Sun or Glass | D |
| While every day like this may Sacred prove | J |
| To Friendship Gratitude and Strictest Love | K |
Katherine Philips
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