Corydon's Supplication To Phyllis Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGHGHIJIJ KDKDLMLMNONOPQPQ| Sweet Phyllis if a silly swain | A |
| May sue to thee for grace | B |
| See not thy loving shepherd slain | A |
| With looking on thy face | B |
| But think what power thou hast got | C |
| Upon my flock and me | D |
| Thou seest they now regard me not | C |
| But all do follow thee | D |
| And if I have so far presumed | E |
| With prying in thine eyes | F |
| Yet let not comfort be consumed | E |
| That in thy pity lies | F |
| But as thou art that Phyllis fair | G |
| That fortune favour gives | H |
| So let not love die in despair | G |
| That in thy favour lives | H |
| The deer do browse upon the briar | I |
| The birds do pick the cherries | J |
| And will not Beauty grant Desire | I |
| One handful of her berries | J |
| If it be so that thou hast sworn | K |
| That none shall look on thee | D |
| Yet let me know thou dost not scorn | K |
| To cast a look on me | D |
| But if thy beauty make thee proud | L |
| Think then what is ordain'd | M |
| The heavens have never yet allow'd | L |
| That love should be disdain'd | M |
| Then lest the fates that favour love | N |
| Should curse thee for unkind | O |
| Let me report for thy behoof | N |
| The honour of thy mind | O |
| Let Corydon with full consent | P |
| Set down what he hath seen | Q |
| That Phyllida with Love's content | P |
| Is sworn the shepherds' queen | Q |
Nicholas Breton
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