Astrophel And Stella - Second Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBA CADC EFFE ECCE DFFD GHHG GBBG| Haue I caught my heau'nly iewell | A |
| Teaching Sleepe most faire to be | B |
| Now will I teach her that she | B |
| When she wakes is too too cruell | A |
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| Since sweet Sleep her eyes hath charmed | C |
| The two only darts of Loue | A |
| Now will I with that Boy proue | D |
| Some play while he is disamed | C |
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| Her tongue waking still refuseth | E |
| Giuing frankly niggard no | F |
| Now will I attempt to know | F |
| What no her tongue sleeping vseth | E |
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| See the hand that waking gardeth | E |
| Sleeping grants a free resort | C |
| Now I will inuade the fort | C |
| Cowards Loue with losse rewardeth | E |
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| But O foole thinke of the danger | D |
| Of her iust and high disdaine | F |
| Now will I alas refraine | F |
| Loue feares nothing else but anger | D |
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| Yet those lips so sweetly swelling | G |
| Do inuite a stealing kisse | H |
| Now will I but venture this | H |
| Who will reade must first learne spelling | G |
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| Oh sweet kisse but ah shes waking | G |
| Lowring beautie chastens me | B |
| Now will I for feare hence flee | B |
| Foole more Foole for no more taking | G |
Philip Sidney (sir)
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