In Commendation Of Musick Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCDEF FGFGHHDFF IGJGJJFFF| When whispering straynes doe softly steale | A |
| With creeping passion through the hart | B |
| And when at every touch wee feele | A |
| Our pulses beate and beare a part | B |
| When thredds can make | C |
| A hartstring shake | C |
| Philosophie | D |
| Can scarce deny | E |
| The soule consists of harmony | F |
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| When unto heavenly joy wee feyne | F |
| Whatere the soule affecteth most | G |
| Which onely thus wee can explayne | F |
| By musick of the winged hoast | G |
| Whose layes wee think | H |
| Make starres to winke | H |
| Philosophie | D |
| Can scarce deny | F |
| Our soules consist of harmony | F |
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| O lull mee lull mee charming ayre | I |
| My senses rock with wonder sweete | G |
| Like snowe on wooll thy fallings are | J |
| Soft like a spiritts are thy feete | G |
| Greife who need feare | J |
| That hath an eare | J |
| Down lett him lye | F |
| And slumbring dye | F |
| And change his soule for harmony | F |
William Strode
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