To His Fairest Valentine, Mrs. A.l. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDEFFCCGHIJCCCome pretty birds present your lays | A |
And learn to chaunt a goddess praise | A |
Ye wood nymphs let your voices be | B |
Employ'd to serve her deity | B |
And warble forth ye virgins nine | C |
Some music to my Valentine | C |
Her bosom is love's paradise | D |
There is no heav'n but in her eyes | E |
She's chaster than the turtle dove | F |
And fairer than the queen of love | F |
Yet all perfections do combine | C |
To beautifie my Valentine | C |
She's Nature's choicest cabinet | G |
Where honour beauty worth and wit | H |
Are all united in her breast | I |
The graces claim an interest | J |
All virtues that are most divine | C |
Shine clearest in my Valentine | C |
Richard Lovelace
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