Sonnet Iv: Virtue, Alas Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB ABAB CCD CCE| Virtue alas now let me take some rest | A |
| Thou set'st a bate between my soul and wit | B |
| If vain love have my simple soul oppress'd | A |
| Leave what thou likest not deal not thou with it | B |
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| The scepter use in some old Cato's breast | A |
| Churches or schools are for thy seat more fit | B |
| I do confess pardon a fault confess'd | A |
| My mouth too tender is for thy hard bit | B |
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| But if that needs thou wilt usurping be | C |
| The little reason that is left in me | C |
| And still th'effect of thy persuasions prove | D |
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| I swear my heart such one shall show to thee | C |
| That shrines in flesh so true a deity | C |
| That Virtue thou thyself shalt be in love | E |
Sir Philip Sidney
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