Ingrateful Beauty Threatened Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDD EFEFGH IAIAJJ| Know Celia since thou art so proud | A |
| 'Twas I that gave thee thy renown | B |
| Thou hadst in the forgotten crowd | A |
| Of common beauties lived unknown | C |
| Had not my verse extolled thy name | D |
| And with it imped the wings of Fame | D |
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| That killing power is none of thine | E |
| I gave it to thy voice and eyes | F |
| Thy sweets thy graces all are mine | E |
| Thou art my star shin'st in my skies | F |
| Then dart not from thy borrowed sphere | G |
| Lightning on him that fixed thee there | H |
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| Tempt me with such affrights no more | I |
| Lest what I made I uncreate | A |
| Let fools thy mystic form adore | I |
| I know thee in thy mortal state | A |
| Wise poets that wrapped truth in tales | J |
| Knew her themselves through all her veils | J |
Thomas Carew
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