Sephestia's Lullaby Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBAACCBBAADDEEFFBB AAGGHHIIBBAAWEEP not my wanton smile upon my knee | A |
When thou art old there 's grief enough for thee | A |
nbsp nbsp nbsp Mother's wag pretty boy | B |
nbsp nbsp nbsp Father's sorrow father's joy | B |
nbsp nbsp nbsp When thy father first did see | A |
nbsp nbsp nbsp Such a boy by him and me | A |
nbsp nbsp nbsp He was glad I was woe | C |
nbsp nbsp nbsp Fortune changed made him so | C |
nbsp nbsp nbsp When he left his pretty boy | B |
nbsp nbsp nbsp Last his sorrow first his joy | B |
Weep not my wanton smile upon my knee | A |
When thou art old there 's grief enough for thee | A |
nbsp nbsp nbsp Streaming tears that never stint | D |
nbsp nbsp nbsp Like pearl drops from a flint | D |
nbsp nbsp nbsp Fell by course from his eyes | E |
nbsp nbsp nbsp That one another's place supplies | E |
nbsp nbsp nbsp Thus he grieved in every part | F |
nbsp nbsp nbsp Tears of blood fell from his heart | F |
nbsp nbsp nbsp When he left his pretty boy | B |
nbsp nbsp nbsp Father's sorrow father's joy | B |
Weep not my wanton smile upon my knee | A |
When thou art old there 's grief enough for thee | A |
nbsp nbsp nbsp The wanton smiled father wept | G |
nbsp nbsp nbsp Mother cried baby leapt | G |
nbsp nbsp nbsp More he crow'd more we cried | H |
nbsp nbsp nbsp Nature could not sorrow hide | H |
nbsp nbsp nbsp He must go he must kiss | I |
nbsp nbsp nbsp Child and mother baby bliss | I |
nbsp nbsp nbsp For he left his pretty boy | B |
nbsp nbsp nbsp Father's sorrow father's joy | B |
Weep not my wanton smile upon my knee | A |
When thou art old there 's grief enough for thee | A |
Robert Greene
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