Songs Set To Music: 8. Set By Mr. Smith Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAAB CDCCD EDEED BFBBF GDGGD HDHHD| Still Dorinda I adore | A |
| Think I mean not to deceive you | B |
| For I loved you much before | A |
| And alas now love you more | A |
| Though I force myself to leave you | B |
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| Staying I my vows shall fail | C |
| Virtue yields as love grows stronger | D |
| Fierce desires will prevail | C |
| You are fair and I am frail | C |
| And dare trust myself no longer | D |
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| You my love too nicely coy | E |
| Lest I should have gain'd the treasure | D |
| Made my vows and oaths destroy | E |
| The pleasing hopes I did enjoy | E |
| Of all my future peace and pleasure | D |
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| To my vows I have been true | B |
| And in silence hid my anguish | F |
| But I cannot promise too | B |
| What my love may make me do | B |
| While with her for whom I languish | F |
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| For in thee strange magic lies | G |
| And my heart is too too tender | D |
| Nothing's proof against those eyes | G |
| Best resolves and strictest ties | G |
| To their force must soon surrender | D |
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| But Dorinda you're severe | H |
| I much doting thus to sever | D |
| Since from all I hold most dear | H |
| That you may no longer fear | H |
| I divorce myself for ever | D |
Matthew Prior
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