Lullaby Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDD BEFEDD GBEBDD HICIDD| Upon my lap my sovereign sits | A |
| And sucks upon my breast | B |
| Meantime his love maintains my life | C |
| And gives my sense her rest | B |
| Sing lullaby my little boy | D |
| Sing lullaby mine only joy | D |
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| When thou hast taken thy repast | B |
| Repose my babe on me | E |
| So may thy mother and thy nurse | F |
| Thy cradle also be | E |
| Sing lullaby my little boy | D |
| Sing lullaby mine only joy | D |
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| I grieve that duty doth not work | G |
| All that my wishing would | B |
| Because I would not be to thee | E |
| But in the best I should | B |
| Sing lullaby my little boy | D |
| Sing lullaby mine only joy | D |
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| Yet as I am and as I may | H |
| I must and will be thine | I |
| Though all too little for thyself | C |
| Vouchsafing to be mine | I |
| Sing lullaby my little boy | D |
| Sing lullaby mine only joy | D |
Richard Rowlands
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