A Dialogue Betwixt Cordanus And Amoret, On A Lost Heart Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGGHIIABBBJJKLK BMNOOKKKBB| Cord 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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