Clitophon And Lucippe Translated. To The Ladies Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDDBBEEFFEE FFGHFFIIII IIBBHHBB EEHH JJHHBB| Pray ladies breath awhile lay by | A |
| Caelestial Sydney's ARCADY | B |
| Heere's a story that doth claime | C |
| A little respite from his flame | C |
| Then with a quick dissolving looke | D |
| Unfold the smoothnes of this book | D |
| To which no art except your sight | B |
| Can reach a worthy epithite | B |
| 'Tis an abstract of all volumes | E |
| A pillaster of all columnes | E |
| Fancy e're rear'd to wit to be | F |
| The smallest gods epitome | F |
| And so compactedly expresse | E |
| All lovers pleasing wretchednes | E |
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| Gallant Pamela's majesty | F |
| And her sweet sisters modesty | F |
| Are fixt in each of you you are | G |
| Distinct what these together were | H |
| Divinest that are really | F |
| What Cariclea's feign'd to be | F |
| That are ev'ry one the Nine | I |
| And brighter here Astreas shine | I |
| View our Lucippe and remaine | I |
| In her these beauties o're againe | I |
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| Amazement Noble Clitophon | I |
| Ev'n now lookt somewhat colder on | I |
| His cooler mistresse and she too | B |
| Smil'd not as she us'd to do | B |
| See the individuall payre | H |
| Are at sad oddes and parted are | H |
| They quarrell aemulate and stand | B |
| At strife who first shal kisse your hand | B |
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| A new dispute there lately rose | E |
| Betwixt the Greekes and Latines whose | E |
| Temples should be bound with glory | H |
| In best languaging this story | H |
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| Yee heyres of love that with one SMILE | J |
| A ten yeeres war can reconcile | J |
| Peacefull Hellens Vertuous See | H |
| The jarring languages agree | H |
| And here all armes layd by they doe | B |
| In English meet to wayt on you | B |
Richard Lovelace
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