Song Iii. - Ye Gentle Nymphs And Generous Dames Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH| Ye gentle Nymphs and generous Dames | A |
| That rule o'er every British mind | B |
| Be sure ye soothe their amorous flames | A |
| Be sure your laws are not unkind | B |
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| For hard it is to wear their bloom | C |
| In unremitting sighs away | D |
| To mourn the night's oppressive gloom | C |
| And faintly bless the rising day | D |
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| And cruel 'twere a freeborn swain | E |
| A British youth should vainly moan | F |
| Who scornful of a tyrant's chain | E |
| Submits to yours and yours alone | F |
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| Nor pointed spear nor links of steel | G |
| Could e'er those gallant minds subdue | H |
| Who Beauty's wounds with pleasure feel | G |
| And boast the fetters wrought by you | H |
William Shenstone
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