Sonnet Li: I Must Not Grieve My Love Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDEEFEFGH| I must not grieve my Love whose eyes would read | A |
| Lines of delight whereon her youth might smile | B |
| Flowers have a time before they come to seed | C |
| And she is young and now must sport the while | B |
| Ah sport sweet Maid in season of these years | D |
| And learn to gather flowers before they wither | E |
| And where the sweetest blossoms first appears | D |
| Let love and youth conduct thy pleasures thither | E |
| Lighten forth smiles to clear the clouded air | E |
| And calm the tempest which my sighs do raise | F |
| Pity and smiles do best become the fair | E |
| Pity and smiles shall yield thee lasting praise | F |
| I hope to say when all my griefs are gone | G |
| Happy the heart that sigh'd for such a one | H |
Samuel Daniel
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