When I By Thy Faire Shape Did Sweare Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCBBCC A DECCCCFF| I | A |
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| When I by thy faire shape did sweare | B |
| And mingled with each vowe a teare | B |
| I lov'd I lov'd thee best | C |
| I swore as I profest | C |
| For all the while you lasted warme and pure | B |
| My oathes too did endure | B |
| But once turn'd faithlesse to thy selfe and old | C |
| They then with thee incessantly grew cold | C |
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| II | A |
| - | |
| I swore my selfe thy sacrifice | D |
| By th' ebon bowes that guard thine eyes | E |
| Which now are alter'd white | C |
| And by the glorious light | C |
| Of both those stars which of their spheres bereft | C |
| Only the gellie's left | C |
| Then changed thus no more I'm bound to you | F |
| Then swearing to a saint that proves untrue | F |
Richard Lovelace
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