Astrophel's Song Of Phyllida And Corydon Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFEGHIJKLMNIHOH HHPHMQRSDTUTHSVQVHQH HWXWYZQZA2ETEHB2HB2C 2B2D2B2HVQE2F2G2H2G2Fair in a morn O fairest morn | A |
Was never morn so fair | B |
There shone a sun though not the sun | C |
That shineth in the air | B |
For the earth and from the earth | D |
Was never such a creature | E |
Did come this face was never face | F |
That carried such a feature | E |
Upon a hill O bless d hill | G |
Was never hill so bless d | H |
There stood a man was never man | I |
For woman so distressed | J |
This man beheld a heavenly view | K |
Which did such virtue give | L |
As clears the blind and helps the lame | M |
And makes the dead man live | N |
This man had hap O happy man | I |
More happy none than he | H |
For he had hap to see the hap | O |
That none had hap to see | H |
This silly swain and silly swains | H |
Are men of meanest grace | H |
Had yet the grace O gracious gift | P |
To hap on such a face | H |
He pity cried and pity came | M |
And pitied so his pain | Q |
As dying would not let him die | R |
But gave him life again | S |
For joy whereof he made such mirth | D |
As all the woods did ring | T |
And Pan with all his swains came forth | U |
To hear the shepherd sing | T |
But such a song sung never was | H |
Nor shall be sung again | S |
Of Phyllida the shepherds' queen | V |
And Corydon the swain | Q |
Fair Phyllis is the shepherds' queen | V |
Was never such a queen as she | H |
And Corydon her only swain | Q |
Was never such a swain as he | H |
Fair Phyllis hath the fairest face | H |
That ever eye did yet behold | W |
And Corydon the constant'st faith | X |
That ever yet kept flock in fold | W |
Sweet Phyllis is the sweetest sweet | Y |
That ever yet the earth did yield | Z |
And Corydon the kindest swain | Q |
That ever yet kept lambs in field | Z |
Sweet Philomel is Phyllis' bird | A2 |
Though Corydon be he that caught her | E |
And Corydon doth hear her sing | T |
Though Phyllida be she that taught her | E |
Poor Corydon doth keep the fields | H |
Though Phyllida be she that owes them | B2 |
And Phyllida doth walk the meads | H |
Though Corydon be he that mows them | B2 |
The little lambs are Phyllis' love | C2 |
Though Corydon is he that feeds them | B2 |
The gardens fair are Phyllis' ground | D2 |
Though Corydon is he that weeds them | B2 |
Since then that Phyllis only is | H |
The only shepherd's only queen | V |
And Corydon the only swain | Q |
That only hath her shepherd been | E2 |
Though Phyllis keep her bower of state | F2 |
Shall Corydon consume away | G2 |
No shepherd no work out the week | H2 |
And Sunday shall be holiday | G2 |
Nicholas Breton
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