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The NIGHT of SORrow NOW is TURN'D to DAY.

[4] From his _Fasti_.

[5] The rime scheme of the Italian type divided each sonnet into two
parts, the first one of eight lines, the second of six. In the first
eight lines the rimes usually went a, b, b, a, a, b, b, a; but
sometimes _a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b_: in both cases using only two rimes
for the eight lines. In the second or six-line part there were several
different arrangements, of which the following were the most common:
(1) _c, d, e, c, d, e_; (2) _c, d, c, d, c, d_; (3) _c, d, e, d, c, e_.
All of these rime-schemes alike were intended, by their constant
repetition and interlocking of the same rimes, to give the whole poem
an air of exquisite workmanship, like that of a finely modeled vase.
Here is an English sonnet of Milton's, imitating the form of Petrarch's
and illustrating its rime scheme:--

"When I consider how my light is spent (_a_)
Ere half my days in this dark world and wide, (_b_)
And that one talent which is death to hide (_b_)
Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent (_a_)
To serve therewith my Maker, and present (_a_)
My true account, lest He returning chide, (_b_)
Doth God exact day-labour, light denied? (_b_)
I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent (_a_)
That murmur, soon replies, God doth not need (_c_)
Either man's work or his own gifts. Who best (_d_)
Bear his mild yoke, they serve Him best. His state (_e_)
Is kingly: thousands at his bidding speed, (_c_)
And post o'er land and ocean without rest; (_d_)
They also serve who only stand and wait." (_e_)

[6] See p. 113.

[7] Including at least three which do not have in all respects the
regular sonnet form.

[8] Southampton's chief rival for this position in the opinion of
scholars has been William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke. One point in his
favor has been that the initials W. H. (supposed to stand for William
Herbert) are given as those of the person to whom the dedication of the
volume was addressed by its publisher. Mr. Sidney Lee thinks, however,
that this is a dedication by the printer to the printer's friend, not
by Shakespeare to Shakespeare's friend,--a possible, though no