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