Vpon The Death Of Mistris Elianor Fallowfield Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFGHHGGGGCC CCEDCCGGICCCJJGGKKLM CCCCICGGNNKKHHCCAACC OO

Accursed Death what neede was there at allA
Of thee or who to councell thee did callA
The subiect whereupon these lines I spendB
For thee was most vnfit her timelesse endB
Too soone thou wroughtst too neere her thou didst standC
Thou shouldst haue lent thy leane and meager handC
To those who oft the help thereof beseechD
And can be cured by no other LeechD
In this wide world how many thousands beE
That hauing past fourescore doe call for theeE
The wretched debtor in the Iayle that liesF
Yet cannot this his Creditor sufficeG
Doth woe thee oft with many a sigh and teareH
Yet thou art coy and him thou wilt not heareH
The Captiue slaue that tuggeth at the OaresG
And vnderneath the Bulls tough sinewes roresG
Begs at thy hand in lieu of all his painesG
That thou wouldst but release him of his chainesG
Yet thou a niggard listenest not theretoC
With one short gaspe which thou mightst easily doC
But thou couldst come to her ere there was needeC
And euen at once destroy both flower and seedeC
But cruell Death if thou so barbarous beE
To those so goodly and so young as sheeD
That in their teeming thou wilt shew thy spightC
Either from marriage thou wilt Maides affrightC
Or in their wedlock Widowes liues to chuseG
Their Husbands bed and vtterly refuseG
Fearing conception so shalt thou therebyI
Extirpate mankinde by thy crueltyC
If after direfull Tragedy thou thirstC
Extinguish Himens Torches at the firstC
Build Funerall pyles and the sad pauement streweJ
With mournfull Cypresse and the pale leau'd YeweJ
Away with Roses Myrtle and with BayesG
Ensignes of mirth and iollity as theseG
Neuer at Nuptials vsed be againeK
But from the Church the new Bride entertaineK
With weeping Nenias euer and amongL
As at departings be sad Requiems songM
Lucina by th' olde Poets that wert saydC
Women in Childe birth euermore to aydeC
Because thine Altars long haue layne neglectedC
Nor as they should thy holy fiers reflectedC
Vpon thy Temples therefore thou doest flyeI
And wilt not helpe them in necessitieC
Thinking vpon thee I doe often museG
Whether for thy deare sake I should accuseG
Nature or Fortune Fortune then I blameN
And doe impute it as her greatest shameN
To hast thy timelesse end and soone agenK
I vexe at Nature nay I curse her thenK
That at the time of need she was no strongerH
That we by her might haue enioy'd thee longerH
But whilst of these I with my selfe debateC
I call to minde how flinty hearted FateC
Seaseth the olde the young the faire the fouleA
No thing on earth can Destinie controuleA
But yet that Fate which hath of life bereft theeC
Still to eternall memory hath left theeC
Which thou enioy'st by the deserued breathO
That many a great one hath not after deathO

Michael Drayton



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