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 HHH

End Ah Lycidas come tell me whyA
Thy whilom merry oatB
By thee doth so neglected lieA
And never purls a noteB
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I prithee speak Lyc I will End Say onC
Lyc 'Tis thou and only thouD
That art the cause EndymionC
End For love's sake tell me howD
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Lyc In this regard that thou do'st playE
Upon another plainC
And for a rural roundelayE
Strik'st now a courtly strainC
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Thou leav'st our hills our dales our bowersF
Our finer fleeced sheepG
Unkind to us to spend thine hoursF
Where shepherds should not keepG
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I mean the court Let Latmos beH
My lov'd Endymion's courtI
End But I the courtly state would seeH
Lyc Then see it in reportI
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What has the court to do with swainsH
Where Phyllis is not knownC
Nor does it mind the rustic strainsH
Of us or CorydonC
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Break if thou lov'st us this delayE
End Dear Lycidas e're longJ
I vow by Pan to come awayE
And pipe unto thy songJ
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Then Jessamine with FlorabellE
And dainty AmaryllisH
With handsome handed DrosomellE
Shall prank thy hook with liliesH
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Lyc Then Tityrus and CorydonC
And Thyrsis they shall followE
With all the rest while thou aloneC
Shalt lead like young ApolloE
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And till thou com'st thy LycidasH
In every genial cupK
Shall write in spice Endymion 'twasH
That kept his piping upK
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And my most lucky swain when I shall live to seeH
Endymion's moon to fill up full remember meH
Meantime let Lycidas have leave to pipe to theeH

Robert Herrick



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