Astrophel And Stella - Sonnet Cx Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFDD D| Leaue me O loue which reachest but to dust | A |
| And thou my mind aspire to higher things | B |
| Grow rich in that which neuer taketh rust | A |
| Whateuer fades but fading pleasure brings | B |
| Draw in thy beames and humble all thy might | C |
| To that sweet yoke where lasting freedomes be | D |
| Which breakes the clowdes and opens forth the light | C |
| That doth both shine and giue us sight to see | D |
| O take fast hold let that light be thy guide | E |
| In this small course which birth drawes out to death | F |
| And thinke how euill becommeth him to slide | E |
| Who seeketh heau'n and comes of heau'nly breath | F |
| Then farewell world thy vttermost I see | D |
| Eternall Loue maintaine thy life in me | D |
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| spendidis longum valedico nugis | D |
Philip Sidney (sir)
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