A Dialogue Betwixt Horace And Lydia, Translated Anno 1627, And Set By Mr. Ro. Ramsey. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABA CCDA AABB EFBB GGFD HHBB| Hor While Lydia I was loved of thee | A |
| Nor any was preferred 'fore me | A |
| To hug thy whitest neck than I | B |
| The Persian king lived not more happily | A |
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| Lyd While thou no other didst affect | C |
| Nor Chloe was of more respect | C |
| Than Lydia far famed Lydia | D |
| I flourished more than Roman Ilia | A |
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| Hor Now Thracian Chloe governs me | A |
| Skilful i' th' harp and melody | A |
| For whose affection Lydia I | B |
| So fate spares her am well content to die | B |
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| Lyd My heart now set on fire is | E |
| By Ornithes' son young Calais | F |
| For whose commutual flames here I | B |
| To save his life twice am content to die | B |
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| Hor Say our first loves we should revoke | G |
| And severed join in brazen yoke | G |
| Admit I Chloe put away | F |
| And love again love cast off Lydia | D |
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| Lyd Though mine be brighter than the star | H |
| Thou lighter than the cork by far | H |
| Rough as the Adriatic sea yet I | B |
| Will live with thee or else for thee will die | B |
Robert Herrick
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