Wishes To His (supposed) Mistress Poem Rhyme Scheme

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Whoe'er she be	A
That not impossible she	A
That shall command my heart and me	A
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Where'er she lie	B
Locked up from mortal eye	B
In shady leaves of destiny	A
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Till that ripe birth	C
Of studied fate stand forth	D
And teach her fair steps to our earth	C
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Till that divine	E
Idea take a shrine	E
Of crystal flesh through which to shine	E
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Meet you her my wishes	F
Bespeak her to my blisses	F
And be ye called my absent kisses	F
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I wish her beauty	A
That owes not all its duty	A
To gaudy tire or glist'ring shoe tie	B
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Something more than	G
Taffata or tissue can	G
Or rampant feather or rich fan	G
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More than the spoil	H
Of shop or silkworm's toil	H
Or a bought blush or a set smile	I
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A face that's best	J
By its own beauty drest	J
And can alone commend the rest	J
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A face made up	K
Out of no other shop	L
Than what nature's white hand sets ope	L
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A cheek where youth	M
And blood with pen of truth	M
Write what the reader sweetly ru'th	N
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A cheek where grows	F
More than a morning rose	F
Which to no box his being owes	F
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Lips where all day	J
A lovers kiss may play	J
Yet carry nothing thence away	J
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Looks that oppress	F
Their richest tires but dress	F
And clothe their simplest nakedness	F
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Eyes that displaces	F
The neighbour diamond and outfaces	F
That sunshine by their own sweet graces	F
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Tresses that wear	O
Jewels but to declare	O
How much themselves more precious are	P
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Whose native ray	J
Can tame the wanton day	J
Of gems that in their bright shades play	J
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Each ruby there	O
Or pearl that dare appear	Q
Be its own blush be its own tear	O
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A well tamed heart	J
For whose more noble smart	J
Love may be long choosing a dart	J
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Eyes that bestow	J
Full quivers on Love's bow	R
Yet pay less arrows than they owe	J
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Smiles that can warm	S
The blood yet teach a charm	T
That chastity shall take no harm	T
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Blushes that bin	U
The burnish of no sin	U
Nor flames of aught too hot within	U
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Joyes that confess	F
Virtue their mistress	F
And have no other head to dress	F
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Fears fond and flight	J
As the coy bride's when night	J
First does the longing lover right	J
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Tears quickly fled	J
And vain as those are shed	J
For a dying maidenhead	J
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Days that need borrow	J
No part of their good morrow	J
From a forspent night of sorrow	J
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Days that in spite	J
Of darkness by the light	J
Of a clear mind are day all night	J
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Nights sweet as they	J
Made short by lovers' play	J
Yet long by th' absence of the day	J
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Life that dares send	J
A challenge to its end	J
And when it comes say Welcome Friend	J
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Sydneian showers	F
Of sweet discourse whose powers	F
Can crown old winter's head with flowers	F
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Soft silken hours	F
Open suns shady bowers	F
'Bove all nothing within that lours	F
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Whate'er delight	J
Can make day's forehead bright	J
Or give down to the wings of night	J
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In her whole frame	V
Have nature all the name	V
Art and ornament the shame	V
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Her flattery	A
Picture and poesy	F
Her counsel her own virtue be	A
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I wish her store	W
Of worth may leave her poor	X
Of wishes and I wish no more	W
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Now if Time knows	F
That Her whose radiant brows	F
Weave them a garland of my vows	F
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Her whose just bays	F
My future hopes can raise	F
A trophy to her present praise	F
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Her that dares be	A
What these lines wish to see	A
I seek no further it is she	A
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'Tis she and here	Y
Lo I unclothe and clear	Q
My wishes' cloudy character	Z
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May she enjoy it	J
Whose merit dare apply it	J
But modesty dares still deny it	J
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Such worth as this is	F
Shall fix my flying wishes	F
And determine them to kisses	F
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Let her full glory	A
My fancies fly before ye	A
Be ye my fictions but her story	A

Richard Crashaw

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