Lucasta At The Bath. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABBBB ACCDD AEFGG HBBII HJJCC HKKLL HBBHH HBBMM HBBNN HHHOO

IA
I' th' autumn of a summer's dayB
When all the winds got leave to playB
LUCASTA that fair ship is lanch'dB
And from its crust this almond blanch'dB
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IIA
Blow then unruly northwind blowC
'Till in their holds your eyes you stowC
And swell your cheeks bequeath chill deathD
See she hath smil'd thee out of breathD
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IIIA
Court gentle zephyr court and fanE
Her softer breast's carnation wanF
Your charming rhethorick of downG
Flyes scatter'd from before her frownG
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IVH
Say my white water lilly sayB
How is't those warm streams break awayB
Cut by thy chast cold breast which dwellsI
Amidst them arm'd in isiclesI
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VH
And the hot floods more raging grownJ
In flames of thee then in their ownJ
In their distempers wildly glowC
And kisse thy pillar of fix'd snowC
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VIH
No sulphur through whose each blew veinK
The thick and lazy currents streinK
Can cure the smarting nor the fellL
Blisters of love wherewith they swellL
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VIIH
These great physicians of the blindB
The lame and fatal blains of IndeB
In every drop themselves now seeH
Speckled with a new leprosieH
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VIIIH
As sick drinks are with old wine dash'dB
Foul waters too with spirits wash'dB
Thou greiv'd perchance one tear let'st fallM
Which straight did purifie them allM
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IXH
And now is cleans'd enough the floodB
Which since runs cleare as doth thy bloodB
Of the wet pearls uncrown thy hairN
And mantle thee with ermin airN
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XH
Lucasta hail fair conqueresseH
Of fire air earth and seasH
Thou whom all kneel to yet even thouO
Wilt unto love thy captive bowO

Richard Lovelace



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