When I By Thy Fair Shape Did Swear Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EFGGHHIIWhen 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 |
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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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