A Hymn To Sir Clipseby Crew Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAA CDECC FGGFF HIIHJ JKKJJ| 'Twas not love's dart | A |
| Or any blow | B |
| Of want or foe | B |
| Did wound my heart | A |
| With an eternal smart | A |
| - | |
| But only you | C |
| My sometimes known | D |
| Companion | E |
| My dearest Crew | C |
| That me unkindly slew | C |
| - | |
| May your fault die | F |
| And have no name | G |
| In books of fame | G |
| Or let it lie | F |
| Forgotten now as I | F |
| - | |
| We parted are | H |
| And now no more | I |
| As heretofore | I |
| By jocund Lar | H |
| Shall be familiar | J |
| - | |
| But though we sever | J |
| My Crew shall see | K |
| That I will be | K |
| Here faithless never | J |
| But love my Clipseby ever | J |
Robert Herrick
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