A Dialogue Betwixt Cordanus And Amoret, On A Lost Heart Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGGHIIABBBJJKLK BMNOOKKKBBCord Distressed pilgrim whose dark clouded eyes | A |
Speak thee a martyr to love's cruelties | B |
Whither away | C |
Amor What pitying voice I hear | D |
Calls back my flying steps | E |
Cord Pr'ythee draw near | F |
Amor I shall but say kind swain what doth become | G |
Of a lost heart ere to Elysium | G |
It wounded walks | H |
Cord First it does freely flye | I |
Into the pleasures of a lover's eye | I |
But once condemn'd to scorn it fetter'd lies | A |
An ever bowing slave to tyrannies | B |
Amor I pity its sad fate since its offence | B |
Was but for love Can tears recall it thence | B |
Cord O no such tears as do for pity call | J |
She proudly scorns and glories at their fall | J |
Amor Since neither sighs nor tears kind shepherd tell | K |
Will not a kiss prevail | L |
Cord Thou may'st as well | K |
Court Eccho with a kiss | B |
Amor Can no art move | M |
A sacred violence to make her love | N |
Cord O no 'tis only Destiny or Fate | O |
Fashions our wills either to love or hate | O |
Amor Then captive heart since that no humane spell | K |
Hath power to graspe thee his farewell | K |
Cord Farewell | K |
Cho Lost hearts like lambs drove from their folds by fears | B |
May back return by chance but not by tears | B |
Richard Lovelace
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