The Merchant, To Secure His Treasure Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDAE FGFG HIHH| The merchant to secure his treasure | A |
| Conveys it in a borrowed name | B |
| Euphelia serves to grace my measure | A |
| But Cloe is my real flame | B |
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| My softest verse my darling lyre | C |
| Upon Euphelia's toilet lay mdash | D |
| When Cloe noted her desire | A |
| That I should sing that I should play | E |
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| My lyre I tune my voice I raise | F |
| But with my numbers mix my sighs | G |
| And whilst I sing Euphelia's praise | F |
| I fix my soul on Cloe's eyes | G |
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| Fair Cloe blushed Euphelia frowned | H |
| I sung and gazed I played and trembled | I |
| And Venus to the Loves around | H |
| Remarked how ill we all dissembled | H |
Matthew Prior
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