To His Forsaken Mistress Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCD EFEFDD GHGHID JKJKDD| I do confess thou'rt smooth and fair | A |
| And I might have gone near to love thee | B |
| Had I not found the slightest prayer | A |
| That lips could move had power to move thee | B |
| But I can let thee now alone | C |
| As worthy to be loved by none | D |
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| I do confess thou'rt sweet yet find | E |
| Thee such an unthrift of thy sweets | F |
| Thy favours are but like the wind | E |
| That kisseth everything it meets | F |
| And since thou canst with more than one | D |
| Thou'rt worthy to be kiss'd by none | D |
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| The morning rose that untouch'd stands | G |
| Arm'd with her briers how sweet she smells | H |
| But pluck'd and strain'd through ruder hands | G |
| Her sweets no longer with her dwells | H |
| But scent and beauty both are gone | I |
| And leaves fall from her one by one | D |
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| Such fate ere long will thee betide | J |
| When thou hast handled been awhile | K |
| With sere flowers to be thrown aside | J |
| And I shall sigh while some will smile | K |
| To see thy love to every one | D |
| Hath brought thee to be loved by none | D |
Sir Robert Ayton
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