Astrophel And Stella - Eight Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCCC DDEE FFCC CCBB CCBB GGHH IJKK LLCC MMNN MMNN MMGG MMOO CCPP MMGG GGCC PPGG QQCC FMCC CCEE CCCC CCCC MMCC PPCC CMCC CCPPIn a groue most rich of shade | A |
Where birds wanton musicke made | A |
Maie then yong his pide weedes showing | B |
New perfum'd with flowers fresh growing | B |
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Astrophel with Stella sweet | C |
Did for mutual comfort meete | C |
Both within themselues oppressed | C |
But each in the other blessed | C |
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Him great harmes had taught much care | D |
Her faire necke a foule yoke bare | D |
But her sight his cares did banish | E |
In his sight her yoke did vanish | E |
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Wept they had alas the while | F |
But now teares themselues did smile | F |
While their eyes by Loue directed | C |
Enterchangeably reflected | C |
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Sigh they did but now betwixt | C |
Sighes of woe were glad sighes mixt | C |
With arms crost yet testifying | B |
restlesse rest and liuing dying | B |
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Their eares hungrie of each word | C |
Which the deare tongue would afford | C |
But their tongues restrain'd from walking | B |
Till their harts had ended talking | B |
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But when their tongues could not speake | G |
Loue it selfe did silence breake | G |
Loue did set his lips asunder | H |
Thus to speake in loue and wonder | H |
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Stella Soueraigne of my ioy | I |
Faire triumpher of annoy | J |
Stella Starre of heauenly fier | K |
Stella loadstar of desier | K |
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Stella in whose shining eyes | L |
Are the lights of Cupids skies | L |
Whose beames where they once are darted | C |
Loue therewith is streight imparted | C |
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Stella whose voice when it speakes | M |
Senses all asunder breakes | M |
Stella whose voice when it singeth | N |
Angels to acquaintance bringeth | N |
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Stella in whose body is | M |
Writ each caracter of blisse | M |
Whose face all all beauty passeth | N |
Saue thy mind which it surpasseth | N |
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Graunt O graunt but speach alas | M |
Failes me fearing on to passe | M |
Graunt O me what am I saying | G |
But no fault there is in praying | G |
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Graunt O Deere on knees I pray | M |
Knees on ground he then did stay | M |
That not I but since I loue you | O |
Time and place for me may moue you | O |
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Neuer season was more fit | C |
Never roome more apt for it | C |
Smiling ayre allowes my reason | P |
These birds sing Now vse the season | P |
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This small wind which so sweete is | M |
See how it the leaues doth kisse | M |
Each tree in his best attiring | G |
Sense of Loue to Loue inspiring | G |
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Loue makes earth the water drink | G |
Loue to earth makes water sinke | G |
And if dumbe things be so witty | C |
Shall a heauenly Grace want pitty | C |
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There his hands in their speech faine | P |
Would haue made tongues language plaine | P |
But her hands his hands repelling | G |
Gaue repulse all grace expelling | G |
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Then she spake her speech was such | Q |
So not eares but hart did tuch | Q |
While such wise she loue denied | C |
And yet loue she signified | C |
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Astrophel sayd she my loue | F |
Cease in these effects to proue | M |
Now be still yet still beleeue me | C |
Thy griefe more then death would grieue me | C |
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If that any thought in me | C |
Can tast comfort but of thee | C |
Let me fed with hellish anguish | E |
Ioylesse hopelesse endlesse languish | E |
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If those eyes you praised be | C |
Halfe so deare as you to me | C |
Let me home returne starke blinded | C |
Of those eyes and blinder minded | C |
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If to secret of my hart | C |
I do any wish impart | C |
Where thou art not formost placed | C |
Be both wish and I defaced | C |
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If more may be sayd I say | M |
All my blisse in thee I lay | M |
If thou loue my loue content thee | C |
For all loue all faith is meant thee | C |
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Trust me while I thee deny | P |
In my selfe the smart I try | P |
Tyran Honour doth thus vse thee | C |
Stellas selfe might not refuse thee | C |
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Therefore deare this no more moue | C |
Least though I leaue not thy loue | M |
Which too deep in me is framed | C |
I should blush when thou art named | C |
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Therewithall away she went | C |
Leauing him to passion rent | C |
With what she had done and spoken | P |
That therewith my song is broken | P |
Philip Sidney (sir)
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