Songs Set To Music: 15. Set By Mr. De Fesch Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH BIBI JKJL| Farewell Amynta we must part | A |
| The charm has lost its power | B |
| Which held so fast my captived heart | A |
| Until this fatal hour | B |
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| Hadst thou not thus my love abused | C |
| And used me ne'er so ill | D |
| Thy cruelty I had excused | C |
| And I had loved thee still | D |
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| But know my soul disdain'd thy sway | E |
| And scorns thy charms and thee | F |
| To which each fluttering coxcomb may | E |
| As welcome be as me | F |
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| Think in what perfect bliss you reign'd | G |
| How loved before thy fall | H |
| And now alas how much disdain'd | G |
| By me and scorn'd by all | H |
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| Yet thinking of each happy hour | B |
| Which I with thee have spent | I |
| So robs my rage of all its power | B |
| That I almost relent | I |
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| But pride will never let me bow | J |
| No more thy charms can move | K |
| Yet thou art worth my pity now | J |
| Because thou hadst my love | L |
Matthew Prior
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