From Eclogue Iij Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDD EEEEFF FFDDDD EEFFGG CCDDEE HHEEEE DDHHDD EEEEED EEEEEE HHDDDD EEDDEE EEDDDD

O thou fayre siluer Thames O cleerest chrystall floodA
Beta alone the Phenix is of all thy watery broodB
The Queene of Virgins onely sheC
And thou the Queene of floods shalt beC
Let all thy Nymphes be ioyfull then to see this happy dayD
Thy Beta now alone shalbe the subiect of my layeD
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With daintie and delightsome straines of sweetest virelayesE
Come louely shepheards sit we down and chant our Betas prayseE
And let vs sing so rare a verseE
Our Betas prayses to rehearseE
That little Birds shall silent be to heare poore shepheards singF
And riuers backward bend their course and flow vnto the springF
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Range all thy swannes faire Thames together on a ranckeF
And place them duely one by one vpon thy stately banckF
Then set together all agoodD
Recording to the siluer floodD
And craue the tunefull Nightingale to helpe you with her layD
The Osel and the Throstlecocke chiefe musicke of our mayeD
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O see what troups of Nimphs been sporting on the strandsE
And they been blessed Nimphs of peace with Oliues in their handsE
How meryly the Muses singF
That all the flowry Medowes ringF
And Beta sits vpon the banck in purple and in pallG
And she the Queene of Muses is and weares the CorinallG
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Trim vp her Golden tresses with Apollos sacred treeC
O happy sight vnto all those that loue and honor theeC
The Blessed Angels haue prepar'dD
A glorious Crowne for thy rewardD
Not such a golden Crowne as haughty C sar wearesE
But such a glittering starry Crowne as Ariadne bearesE
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Make her a goodly Chapilet of azur'd ColombineH
And wreath about her Coronet with sweetest EglentineH
Bedeck our Beta all with LilliesE
And the dayntie DaffadilliesE
With Roses damask white and red and fairest flower deliceE
With Cowslips of Jerusalem and cloues of ParadiceE
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O thou fayre torch of heauen the days most dearest lightD
And thou bright shyning Cinthya the glory of the nightD
You starres the eyes of heauenH
And thou the glyding leuenH
And thou O gorgeous Iris with all strange Colours dydD
When she streams foorth her rayes then dasht is all your prideD
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See how the day stands still admiring of her faceE
And time loe stretcheth foorth her armes thy Beta to imbraceE
The Syrens sing sweete layesE
The Trytons sound her prayseE
Goe passe on Thames and hie thee fast vnto the Ocean seaE
And let thy billowes there proclaime thy Betas holy dayD
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And water thou the blessed roote of that greene Oliue treeE
With whose sweete shadow al thy bancks with peace preserued beE
Lawrell for Poets and ConqueroursE
And mirtle for Loues ParamoursE
That fame may be thy fruit the boughes preseru'd by peaceE
And let the mournful Cipres die now stormes and tempest ceaseE
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Wee'l straw the shore with pearle where Beta walks aloneH
And we wil paue her princely Bower with richest Indian stoneH
Perfume the ayre and make it sweeteD
For such a Goddesse it is meeteD
For if her eyes for purity contend with Titans lightD
No maruaile then although they so doe dazell humaine sightD
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Sound out your trumpets then from London's stately towresE
To beate the stormie windes a back and calme the raging showresE
Set too the Cornet and the fluteD
The Orpharyon and the LuteD
And tune the Taber and the Pipe to the sweet violonsE
And moue the thunder in the ayre with lowdest ClarionsE
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Beta long may thine Altars smoke with yeerely sacrificeE
And long thy sacred Temples may their Saboths solemnizeE
Thy shepheards watch by day and nightD
Thy Mayds attend the holy lightD
And thy large empyre stretch her armes from east vnto the westD
And thou vnder thy feet mayst tread that foule seuen headed beastD

Michael Drayton



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john hall: Hurrah! The line about the goodly chapilet had stuck in my mind for thirty years or more (I'd read it in a novel without attribution) and I'd never found it in dictionaries of quotes. Now thanks to you I have a fat Poems of Drayton on my bookshelves.
 

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