A Strange Gentlewoman Passing By His Window Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJIKJDJD LMLLJNJI LJLJIOII| As I out of a casement sent | A |
| Mine eyes as wand'ring as my thought | B |
| Upon no certayne object bent | A |
| But only what occasion brought | B |
| A sight surpriz'd my hart at last | C |
| Nor knewe I well what made it burne | D |
| Amazement held me then so fast | C |
| I had no leasure to discerne | D |
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| Sure 'twas a Mortall but her name | E |
| Or happy parentage or place | F |
| Or that which did mee most inflame | E |
| I cannot tell her very Face | F |
| No 'twere prophane to think I could | G |
| And I should pitch my thoughts too lowe | H |
| If ever sett my love I should | G |
| On that which Art or Words can shewe | H |
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| Was ever man so vext before | I |
| Or ever love so blind as this | J |
| Which vows and wishes to implore | I |
| And yet not knows for what to wish | K |
| Thus children spend theyr wayward cryes | J |
| Not knowing why they doe complayne | D |
| Thus sicke men long for remedyes | J |
| Not knowing what would ease theyr payne | D |
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| Some god call backe againe that sight | L |
| Ile suffer double payne to boote | M |
| For griefe and anger in mee fight | L |
| So strongly at no marke to shoote | L |
| Not only meanes to winne her grace | J |
| But meanes to seeke are barr'd from mee | N |
| Despayre enforc't by such a case | J |
| Is not a sinne but miserie | I |
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| Pygmalion hold thine Image fast | L |
| 'Tis something to enjoy Love so | J |
| Narcissus thou a shaddowe hast | L |
| At least thereby to cheate thy woe | J |
| But I no likenesse can inferre | I |
| My pyning fancy to supply | O |
| Nothing to love instead of her | I |
| For feare of some idolatry | I |
William Strode
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