Ellinda's Glove. Sonnet

Richard Lovelace 1618 – 1657



I.
Thou snowy farme with thy five tenements!
    Tell thy white mistris here was one,
    That call'd to pay his dayly rents;
But she a-gathering flowr's and hearts is gone,
And thou left voyd to rude possession.

                    II.
But grieve not, pretty Ermin cabinet,
    Thy alabaster lady will come home;
    If not, what tenant can there fit
The slender turnings of thy narrow roome,
But must ejected be by his owne dombe?

                    III.
Then give me leave to leave my rent with thee:
    Five kisses, one unto a place:
    For though the lute's too high for me,
Yet servants, knowing minikin nor base,
Are still allow'd to fiddle with the case.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXBXXB AXCXXC ADEDEE
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 656
Words 113
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6

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