A Night In June Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFF GHGHHH IHIHJK ILILHH ILILMM IEIEDH NHNHOO IHIHPP| Lady in this night of June | A |
| Fair like thee and holy | B |
| Art thou gazing at the moon | A |
| That is rising slowly | B |
| I am gazing on her now | C |
| Something tells me so art thou | C |
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| Night hath been when thou and I | D |
| Side by side were sitting | E |
| Watching o'er the moonlit sky | D |
| Fleecy cloudlets flitting | E |
| Close our hands were link d then | F |
| When will they be linked again | F |
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| What to me the starlight still | G |
| Or the moonbeams' splendour | H |
| If I do not feel the thrill | G |
| Of thy fingers slender | H |
| Summer nights in vain are clear | H |
| If thy footstep be not near | H |
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| Roses slumbering in their sheaths | I |
| O'er my threshold clamber | H |
| And the honeysuckle wreathes | I |
| Its translucent amber | H |
| Round the gables of my home | J |
| How is it thou dost not come | K |
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| If thou camest rose on rose | I |
| From its sleep would waken | L |
| From each flower and leaf that blows | I |
| Spices would be shaken | L |
| Floating down from star and tree | H |
| Dreamy perfumes welcome thee | H |
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| I would lead thee where the leaves | I |
| In the moon rays glisten | L |
| And where shadows fall in sheaves | I |
| We would lean and listen | L |
| For the song of that sweet bird | M |
| That in April nights is heard | M |
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| And when weary lids would close | I |
| And thy head was drooping | E |
| Then like dew that steeps the rose | I |
| O'er thy languor stooping | E |
| I would till I woke a sigh | D |
| Kiss thy sweet lips silently | H |
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| I would give thee all I own | N |
| All thou hast would borrow | H |
| I from thee would keep alone | N |
| Fear and doubt and sorrow | H |
| All of tender that is mine | O |
| Should most tenderly be thine | O |
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| Moonlight into other skies | I |
| I beseech thee wander | H |
| Cruel thus to mock mine eyes | I |
| Idle thus to squander | H |
| Love's own light on this dark spot | P |
| For my lady cometh not | P |
Alfred Austin
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