To Primroses Filled With Morning Dew Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCBDDEEFGGHH IJKKJLMNNIOOPQ| Why do ye weep sweet babes can tears | A |
| Speak grief in you | B |
| Who were but born | C |
| just as the modest morn | C |
| Teem'd her refreshing dew | B |
| Alas you have not known that shower | D |
| That mars a flower | D |
| Nor felt th' unkind | E |
| Breath of a blasting wind | E |
| Nor are ye worn with years | F |
| Or warp'd as we | G |
| Who think it strange to see | G |
| Such pretty flowers like to orphans young | H |
| To speak by tears before ye have a tongue | H |
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| Speak whimp'ring younglings and make known | I |
| The reason why | J |
| Ye droop and weep | K |
| Is it for want of sleep | K |
| Or childish lullaby | J |
| Or that ye have not seen as yet | L |
| The violet | M |
| Or brought a kiss | N |
| From that Sweet heart to this | N |
| No no this sorrow shown | I |
| By your tears shed | O |
| Would have this lecture read | O |
| That things of greatest so of meanest worth | P |
| Conceived with grief are and with tears brought forth | Q |
Robert Herrick
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