Songs Set To Music: 22. Set By Mr. De Fesch Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH| In vain alas poor Strephon tries | A |
| To ease his tortured breast | B |
| Since Amoret the cure denies | A |
| And makes his pain a jest | B |
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| Ah fair one why to me so coy | C |
| And why to him so true | D |
| Who with more coldness slights the joy | C |
| Than I with love pursue | D |
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| Die then unhappy lover die | E |
| For since she gives thee death | F |
| The world has nothing that can buy | E |
| A minute more of breath | F |
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| Yet though I could your scorn outlive | G |
| 'Twere folly since to me | H |
| Not love itself a joy can give | G |
| But Amoret in thee | H |
Matthew Prior
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