When I By Thy Fair Shape Did Swear Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EFGGHHII| When I by thy fair shape did swear | A |
| And mingled with each vow a tear | A |
| I loved I loved thee best | B |
| I swore as I professed | B |
| For all the while you lasted warm and pure | C |
| My oathes too did endure | C |
| But once turned faithless to thy self and old | D |
| They then with thee incessantly grew cold | D |
| - | |
| I swore my self thy sacrifice | E |
| By th' ebon bows that guard thine eyes | F |
| Which now are altered white | G |
| And by the glorious light | G |
| Of both those stars which of their spheres bereft | H |
| Only the gellie's left | H |
| Then changed thus no more I'm bound to you | I |
| Then swearing to a saint that proves untrue | I |
Richard Lovelace
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