Astrophel And Stella-first Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABA CCBC AABA AABA DDBD AABA AABA EEB E AABADoubt you to whom my Muse these notes intendeth | A |
Which now my breast o'ercharged to music lendeth | A |
To you to you all song of praise is due | B |
Only in you my song begins and endeth | A |
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Who hath the eyes which marry state with pleasure | C |
Who keeps the key of Nature's chiefest treasure | C |
To you to you all song of praise is due | B |
Only for you the heaven forgat all measure | C |
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Who hath the lips where wit in fairness reigneth | A |
Who womankind at once both decks and staineth | A |
To you to you all song of praise is due | B |
Only by you Cupid his crown maintaineth | A |
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Who hath the feet whose step all sweetness planteth | A |
Who else for whom Fame worthy trumpets wanteth | A |
To you to you all song of praise is due | B |
Only to you her sceptre Venus granteth | A |
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Who hath the breast whose milk doth passions nourish | D |
Whose grace is such that when it chides doth cherish | D |
To you to you all song of praise is due | B |
Only through you the tree of life doth flourish | D |
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Who hath the hand which without stroke subdueth | A |
Who long dead beauty with increase reneweth | A |
To you to you all song of praise is due | B |
Only at you all envy hopeless rueth | A |
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Who hath the hair which loosest fastest tieth | A |
Who makes a man live then glad when he dieth | A |
To you to you all song of praise is due | B |
Only of you the flatterer never lieth | A |
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Who hath the voice which soul from senses sunders | E |
Whose force but yours the bolts of beauty thunders | E |
To you to you all song of praise is due | B |
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Only with you not miracles are wonders | E |
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Doubt you to whom my Muse these notes intendeth | A |
Which now my breast o'ercharged to music lendeth | A |
To you to you all song of praise is due | B |
Only in you my song begins and endeth | A |
Sir Philip Sidney
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