The Fair Begger Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDD EFEFGG GHGHEE IJIJAA HAHACC EAEAAA| Comanding asker if it be | A |
| Pity that you faine would have | B |
| Then I turne begger unto thee | A |
| And aske the thing that thou dost crave | C |
| I will suffice thy hungry need | D |
| So thou wilt but my fancy feed | D |
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| In all ill yeares was ever knowne | E |
| On so much beauty such a dearth | F |
| Which in that thrice bequeathed gowne | E |
| Lookes like the Sun eclipst with Earth | F |
| Like gold in canvas or with dirt | G |
| Unsoyled Ermins close begirt | G |
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| Yet happy he that can but tast | G |
| This whiter skin who thirsty is | H |
| Fooles dote on sattin motions lac'd | G |
| The gods go naked in their blisse | H |
| At th' barrell's head there shines the vine | E |
| There only relishes the wine | E |
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| There quench my heat and thou shalt sup | I |
| Worthy the lips that it must touch | J |
| Nectar from out the starry cup | I |
| I beg thy breath not halfe so much | J |
| So both our wants supplied shall be | A |
| You'l give for love I charity | A |
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| Cheape then are pearle imbroderies | H |
| That not adorne but cloud thy wast | A |
| Thou shalt be cloath'd above all prise | H |
| If thou wilt promise me imbrac't | A |
| Wee'l ransack neither chest nor shelfe | C |
| Ill cover thee with mine owne selfe | C |
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| But cruel if thou dost deny | E |
| This necessary almes to me | A |
| What soft soul'd man but with his eye | E |
| And hand will hence be shut to thee | A |
| Since all must judge you more unkinde | A |
| I starve your body you my minde | A |
Richard Lovelace
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