Immortal Sails Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FGFG HH| Now in a breath we ll burst those gates of gold | A |
| And ransack heaven before our moment fails | B |
| Now in a breath before we too grow old | A |
| We ll mount and sing and spread immortal sails | B |
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| It is not time that makes eternity | C |
| Love and an hour may quite out span the years | D |
| And give us more to hear and more to see | C |
| Than life can wash away with all its tears | E |
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| Dear when we part at last that sunset sky | F |
| Shall not be touched with deeper hues than this | G |
| But we shall ride the lightning ere we die | F |
| And seize our brief infinitude of bliss | G |
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| With time to spare for all that heaven can tell | H |
| While eyes meet eyes and look their last farewell | H |
Alfred Noyes
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