To His Coy Love Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCBCB DBEBFGFG HBHBIBIB| I Pray thee leave love me no more | A |
| Call home the heart you gave me | B |
| I but in vain that saint adore | A |
| That can but will not save me | B |
| These poor half kisses kill me quite | C |
| Was ever man thus serv egrave d | B |
| Amidst an ocean of delight | C |
| For pleasure to be starv egrave d | B |
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| Show me no more those snowy breasts | D |
| With azure riverets branch egrave d | B |
| Where whilst mine eye with plenty feasts | E |
| Yet is my thirst not stanch egrave d | B |
| O Tantalus thy pains ne'er tell | F |
| By me thou art prevented | G |
| 'Tis nothing to be plagued in Hell | F |
| But thus in Heaven tormented | G |
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| Clip me no more in those dear arms | H |
| Nor thy life's comfort call me | B |
| O these are but too powerful charms | H |
| And do but more enthral me | B |
| But see how patient I am grown | I |
| In all this coil about thee | B |
| Come nice thing let my heart alone | I |
| I cannot live without thee | B |
Michael Drayton
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