The Fair Begger Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDD EFEFGG GHGHEE IJIJAA HAHACC EAEAAAComanding 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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