To Chloë, Courting Her For His Friend Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCDEE FFAAGHIJ KKLMNNNN| Chlo euml behold againe I bowe | A |
| Againe possest againe I woe | A |
| From my heat hath taken fire | B |
| Damas noble youth and fries | C |
| Gazing with one of mine eyes | C |
| Damas halfe of me expires | D |
| Chlo euml behold Our fate's the same | E |
| Or make me cinders too or quench his flame | E |
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| I'd not be King unlesse there sate | F |
| Lesse lords that shar'd with me in state | F |
| Who by their cheaper coronets know | A |
| What glories from my diadem flow | A |
| Its use and rate values the gem | G |
| Pearles in their shells have no esteem | H |
| And I being sun within thy sphere | I |
| 'Tis my chiefe beauty thinner lights shine there | J |
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| The Us'rer heaps unto his store | K |
| By seeing others praise it more | K |
| Who not for gaine or want doth covet | L |
| But 'cause another loves doth love it | M |
| Thus gluttons cloy'd afresh invite | N |
| Their gusts from some new appetite | N |
| And after cloth remov'd and meate | N |
| Fall too againe by seeing others eate | N |
Richard Lovelace
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