The Faire Begger Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEE AFGFGHH AHIHIFF DJKJKBB BIBIBBB BBBBBBB| I | 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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