Songs Set To Music: 6. Set By Mr. Smith Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJKJ| Phillis since we have both been kind | A |
| And of each other had our fill | B |
| Tell me what pleasure you can find | A |
| In forcing Nature 'gainst her will | B |
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| 'Tis true you may with art and pain | C |
| Keep in some glowings of desire | D |
| But still those glowings which remain | C |
| Are only ashes of the fire | D |
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| Then let us free each other's soul | E |
| And laugh at the dull constant fool | F |
| Who would Love's liberty control | E |
| And teach us how to whine by rule | F |
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| Let us no impositions set | G |
| Or clogs upon each other's heart | H |
| But as for pleasure first we met | G |
| So now for pleasure let us part | H |
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| We both have spent our stock of love | I |
| So consequently should be free | J |
| Thyrsis expects you in yon grove | K |
| And pretty Chloris stays for me | J |
Matthew Prior
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