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