An Eclogue Or Pastoral Between Endymion Porter And Lycidas Herrick, Set And Sung Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD ECEC FGFG HIHI HCHC EJEJ EHEH CECE HKHK HHHEnd Ah Lycidas come tell me why | A |
Thy whilom merry oat | B |
By thee doth so neglected lie | A |
And never purls a note | B |
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I prithee speak Lyc I will End Say on | C |
Lyc 'Tis thou and only thou | D |
That art the cause Endymion | C |
End For love's sake tell me how | D |
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Lyc In this regard that thou do'st play | E |
Upon another plain | C |
And for a rural roundelay | E |
Strik'st now a courtly strain | C |
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Thou leav'st our hills our dales our bowers | F |
Our finer fleeced sheep | G |
Unkind to us to spend thine hours | F |
Where shepherds should not keep | G |
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I mean the court Let Latmos be | H |
My lov'd Endymion's court | I |
End But I the courtly state would see | H |
Lyc Then see it in report | I |
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What has the court to do with swains | H |
Where Phyllis is not known | C |
Nor does it mind the rustic strains | H |
Of us or Corydon | C |
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Break if thou lov'st us this delay | E |
End Dear Lycidas e're long | J |
I vow by Pan to come away | E |
And pipe unto thy song | J |
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Then Jessamine with Florabell | E |
And dainty Amaryllis | H |
With handsome handed Drosomell | E |
Shall prank thy hook with lilies | H |
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Lyc Then Tityrus and Corydon | C |
And Thyrsis they shall follow | E |
With all the rest while thou alone | C |
Shalt lead like young Apollo | E |
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And till thou com'st thy Lycidas | H |
In every genial cup | K |
Shall write in spice Endymion 'twas | H |
That kept his piping up | K |
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And my most lucky swain when I shall live to see | H |
Endymion's moon to fill up full remember me | H |
Meantime let Lycidas have leave to pipe to thee | H |
Robert Herrick
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