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 CCPP| In 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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