Vpon The Death Of Mistris Elianor Fallowfield Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFGHHGGGGCC CCEDCCGGICCCJJGGKKLM CCCCICGGNNKKHHCCAACC OOAccursed Death what neede was there at all | A |
Of thee or who to councell thee did call | A |
The subiect whereupon these lines I spend | B |
For thee was most vnfit her timelesse end | B |
Too soone thou wroughtst too neere her thou didst stand | C |
Thou shouldst haue lent thy leane and meager hand | C |
To those who oft the help thereof beseech | D |
And can be cured by no other Leech | D |
In this wide world how many thousands be | E |
That hauing past fourescore doe call for thee | E |
The wretched debtor in the Iayle that lies | F |
Yet cannot this his Creditor suffice | G |
Doth woe thee oft with many a sigh and teare | H |
Yet thou art coy and him thou wilt not heare | H |
The Captiue slaue that tuggeth at the Oares | G |
And vnderneath the Bulls tough sinewes rores | G |
Begs at thy hand in lieu of all his paines | G |
That thou wouldst but release him of his chaines | G |
Yet thou a niggard listenest not thereto | C |
With one short gaspe which thou mightst easily do | C |
But thou couldst come to her ere there was neede | C |
And euen at once destroy both flower and seede | C |
But cruell Death if thou so barbarous be | E |
To those so goodly and so young as shee | D |
That in their teeming thou wilt shew thy spight | C |
Either from marriage thou wilt Maides affright | C |
Or in their wedlock Widowes liues to chuse | G |
Their Husbands bed and vtterly refuse | G |
Fearing conception so shalt thou thereby | I |
Extirpate mankinde by thy cruelty | C |
If after direfull Tragedy thou thirst | C |
Extinguish Himens Torches at the first | C |
Build Funerall pyles and the sad pauement strewe | J |
With mournfull Cypresse and the pale leau'd Yewe | J |
Away with Roses Myrtle and with Bayes | G |
Ensignes of mirth and iollity as these | G |
Neuer at Nuptials vsed be againe | K |
But from the Church the new Bride entertaine | K |
With weeping Nenias euer and among | L |
As at departings be sad Requiems song | M |
Lucina by th' olde Poets that wert sayd | C |
Women in Childe birth euermore to ayde | C |
Because thine Altars long haue layne neglected | C |
Nor as they should thy holy fiers reflected | C |
Vpon thy Temples therefore thou doest flye | I |
And wilt not helpe them in necessitie | C |
Thinking vpon thee I doe often muse | G |
Whether for thy deare sake I should accuse | G |
Nature or Fortune Fortune then I blame | N |
And doe impute it as her greatest shame | N |
To hast thy timelesse end and soone agen | K |
I vexe at Nature nay I curse her then | K |
That at the time of need she was no stronger | H |
That we by her might haue enioy'd thee longer | H |
But whilst of these I with my selfe debate | C |
I call to minde how flinty hearted Fate | C |
Seaseth the olde the young the faire the foule | A |
No thing on earth can Destinie controule | A |
But yet that Fate which hath of life bereft thee | C |
Still to eternall memory hath left thee | C |
Which thou enioy'st by the deserued breath | O |
That many a great one hath not after death | O |
Michael Drayton
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