Good Night Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDE FGFG HIHI JKJK LDLD MNMO PQPQ RSRS TUVU WXWX YCYC ZKZK A2B2A2B2 C2D2C2D2 E2F2E2F2 GG2GG2| A | |
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| Love thou hast wandered far and wide | B |
| But here thy wanderings cease | C |
| Thy long sought mate is by thy side | B |
| And thou canst sleep in peace | C |
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| Night moans outside our window pane | D |
| And weeps from dripping eaves | E |
| The air is thick with falling rain | D |
| Upon dead autumn leaves | E |
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| The winds of winter rave and chafe | F |
| Around thy tranquil nest | G |
| But I am here and thou art safe | F |
| Thy very soul may rest | G |
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| The wild surf thunder swells and falls | H |
| Upon the seething beach | I |
| Thy world within thy chamber walls | H |
| Nor winds nor waves can reach | I |
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| Sleep fired eyes Sleep well dear heart | J |
| That ached so long for me | K |
| No sudden hand shall tear apart | J |
| These arms that shelter thee | K |
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| Sleep well though late found joys be brief | L |
| And bought with tears and pain | D |
| Shut out the memory of thy grief | L |
| Thou didst not grieve in vain | D |
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| Think of our treasure kept in store | M |
| And not the price it cost | N |
| Those precious years that come no more | M |
| Which thou and I have lost | O |
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| O wasted years that lie behind | P |
| Hush what is past is past | Q |
| Enough that we have lived to find | P |
| What life is worth at last | Q |
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| Though Fate has robbed us of so much | R |
| We know not what we miss | S |
| All ills are recompensed in such | R |
| A priceless good as this | S |
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| Sleep dear The hours are passing on | T |
| The midnight bells have tolled | U |
| Think not how much of life is gone | V |
| But how much more we hold | U |
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| Yes more as wise men reckon life | W |
| Though no wise man can tell | X |
| How soon for husband and for wife | W |
| The stroke of doom will knell | X |
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| No echo of that solemn chime | Y |
| Break through thy perfect peace | C |
| No forecast of that awful time | Y |
| When time for us will cease | C |
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| When happier worlds shall shine in space | Z |
| For other eyes to see | K |
| And none have any more a place | Z |
| For thy true love and thee | K |
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| Be blind to all and deaf and dumb | A2 |
| In thy quick heart's despite | B2 |
| Content thee though the end must come | A2 |
| It will not come to night | B2 |
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| This night let never thought of ill | C2 |
| Disturb thy slumber deep | D2 |
| To morrow I shall have thee still | C2 |
| So thou canst safely sleep | D2 |
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| Reprieved from that appalling fear | E2 |
| As from thy long regret | F2 |
| Be our last parting far or near | E2 |
| We have not reached it yet | F2 |
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| Thy head lies pillowed on my breast | G |
| My cheek upon thy brow | G2 |
| Dear love good night Thou art at rest | G |
| From Past and Future now | G2 |
Ada Cambridge
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