Could I But Leave Men Wiser By My Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBACDDCCD| Could I but leave men wiser by my song | A |
| And somewhat happier in their little day | B |
| Wean them from things that lure but to betray | B |
| Make the harsh gentle and the feeble strong | A |
| Shunning the paths where pride and folly throng | A |
| Then would I carol all the livelong day | B |
| And as the golden sunset waned to grey | B |
| With vesper voice my twilight hour prolong | A |
| But now they hear me heedlessly or pass | C |
| With hurrying steps to pomp's ambitious strife | D |
| But with chagrin and disappointment rife | D |
| And shadows fleeting as one's breath on glass | C |
| Still with foiled feet and baffled hopes alas | C |
| Lost in the long vain labyrinth of Life | D |
Alfred Austin
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