Phillis 2 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD CEFE GHGB CC| LOVE guards the roses of thy lips | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And flies about them like a bee | B |
| If I approach he forward skips | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And if I kiss he stingeth me | B |
| - | |
| Love in thine eyes doth build his bower | C |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And sleeps within their pretty shine | D |
| And if I look the boy will lower | C |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And from their orbs shoot shafts divine | D |
| - | |
| Love works thy heart within his fire | C |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And in my tears doth firm the same | E |
| And if I tempt it will retire | F |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And of my plaints doth make a game | E |
| - | |
| Love let me cull her choicest flowers | G |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And pity me and calm her eye | H |
| Make soft her heart dissolve her lowers | G |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Then will I praise thy deity | B |
| - | |
| But if thou do not Love I'll truly serve her | C |
| In spite of thee and by firm faith deserve her | C |
Thomas Lodge
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