To A Lady Asking Him How Long He Would Love Her Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDD EBFBGG| It is not Celia in our power | A |
| To say how long our love will last | B |
| It may be we within this hour | A |
| May lose those joys we now do taste | C |
| The Bless egrave d that immortal be | D |
| From change in love are only free | D |
| - | |
| Then since we mortal lovers are | E |
| Ask not how long our love will last | B |
| But while it does let us take care | F |
| Each minute be with pleasure past | B |
| Were it not madness to deny | G |
| To live because we're sure to die | G |
Sir George Etherege
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