Connubii Flores, Or The Well-wishes At Weddings Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EEFGHIIIHJKJK HHKKLLMM KKKNNN OOPQRMSSBB TTKK KKKKKKKK OOMMMM UV KK

Chorus Sacerdotum From the temple to your homeA
May a thousand blessings comeB
And a sweet concurring streamC
Of all joys to join with themD
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Chorus Juvenum Happy DayE
Make no long stayE
HereF
In thy sphereG
But give thy place to NightH
That sheI
As theeI
May beI
Partaker of this sightH
And since it was thy careJ
To see the younglings wedK
'Tis fit that Night the pairJ
Should see safe brought to bedK
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Chorus Senum Go to your banquet then but use delightH
So as to rise still with an appetiteH
Love is a thing most nice and must be fedK
To such a height but never surfeitedK
What is beyond the mean is ever illL
'Tis best to feed Love but not overfillL
Go then discreetly to the bed of pleasureM
And this remember virtue keeps the measureM
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Chorus Virginum Lucky signs we have descri'dK
To encourage on the brideK
And to these we have espi'dK
Not a kissing Cupid fliesN
Here about but has his eyesN
To imply your love is wiseN
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Chorus Pastorum Here we present a fleeceO
To make a pieceO
Of clothP
Nor fair must you be bothQ
Your finger to applyR
To housewiferyM
Then then beginS
To spinS
And sweetling mark you what a web will comeB
Into your chests drawn by your painful thumbB
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Chorus Matronarum Set you to your wheel and waxT
Rich by the ductile wool and flaxT
Yarn is an income and the housewives' threadK
The larder fills with meat the bin with breadK
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Chorus Senum Let wealth come in by comely thriftK
And not by any sordid shiftK
'Tis hasteK
Makes wasteK
Extremes have still their faultK
The softest fire makes the sweetest maltK
Who grips too hard the dry and slippery sandK
Holds none at all or little in his handK
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Chorus Virginum Goddess of pleasure youth and peaceO
Give them the blessing of increaseO
And thou Lucina that dost hearM
The vows of those that children bearM
Whenas her April hour draws nearM
Be thou then propitious thereM
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Chorus Juvenum Far hence be all speech that may anger moveU
Sweet words must nourish soft and gentle loveV
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Chorus Omnium Live in the love of doves and having toldK
The raven's years go hence more ripe than oldK

Robert Herrick



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