Songs Set To Music: 9. Set By Mr. De Fesch Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB ACAC DEDE FGFG| Is it O love thy want of eyes | A |
| Or by the Fates decreed | B |
| That hearts so seldom sympathise | A |
| Or for each other bleed | B |
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| If thou wouldst make two youthful hearts | A |
| One amorous shaft obey | C |
| 'Twould save thee the expense of darts | A |
| And more extend thy sway | C |
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| Forbear alas thus to destroy | D |
| Thyself thy growing power | E |
| For that which would be stretch'd by joy | D |
| Despair will soon devour | E |
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| Ah wound then my relentless fair | F |
| For thy own sake and mine | G |
| That boundless may be my share | F |
| And double glory thine | G |
Matthew Prior
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