When The Lad For Longing Sighs Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF| When the lad for longing sighs | A |
| Mute and dull of cheer and pale | B |
| If at death's own door he lies | A |
| Maiden you can heal his ail | B |
| - | |
| Lovers' ills are all to buy | C |
| The wan look the hollow tone | D |
| The hung head the sunken eye | C |
| You can have them for your own | D |
| - | |
| Buy them buy them eve and morn | E |
| Lovers' ills are all to sell | F |
| Then you can lie down forlorn | E |
| But the lover will be well | F |
Alfred Edward Housman
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