Secret Love Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FGFG HIHJ KLML ININ OEPE QRQS TUTU VKVW XEXE YFYF VZVZ OA2PA2 B2MB2M C2AC2C D2DD2D D2E2D2F F2G2F2G2 XH2XH2| Not one kind look one friendly word | A |
| Wilt thou in chilling silence sit | B |
| Nor through the social hour afford | C |
| One cheering smile or beam of wit | B |
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| Yet still absorbed in studious care | D |
| Neglect to waste one look on me | E |
| For then my happy eyes may dare | D |
| To gaze and dwell unchecked on thee | E |
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| And still in silence sit nor deign | F |
| One gentle precious word to say | G |
| For silent I may then remain | F |
| Nor let my voice my soul betray | G |
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| This faltering voice these conscious eyes | H |
| My throbbing heart too plainly speak | I |
| There timid hopeless passion lies | H |
| And bids it silence keep and break | J |
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| To me how dear this twilight hour | K |
| Cheered by the faggot's varying blaze | L |
| If this be mine I ask no more | M |
| On morn's refulgent light to gaze | L |
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| For now while on HIS glowing cheek | I |
| I see the fire's red radiance fall | N |
| The darkest seat I softly seek | I |
| And gaze on HIM unseen by all | N |
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| His folded arms his studious brow | O |
| His thoughtful eye unmarked I see | E |
| Nor could his voice or words bestow | P |
| So dear so true a joy on me | E |
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| But he forgets that I am near | Q |
| Fame future fame in thought he seeks | R |
| To him ambition's paths appear | Q |
| And bright the sun of science breaks | S |
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| His heart with ardent hope is filled | T |
| His prospects full of beauty bloom | U |
| But oh my heart despair has chilled | T |
| My only prospect is the tomb | U |
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| One only boon from Heaven I claim | V |
| And may it grant the fond desire | K |
| That I may live to hear his fame | V |
| And in that throb of joy expire | W |
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| Oft hast thou marked my chilling eye | X |
| And mourned my cold reserve to see | E |
| Resolved the fickle friend to fly | X |
| Who seemed unjust to worth and thee | E |
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| While I o'erjoyed thy anger saw | Y |
| Blest proof I had not tried in vain | F |
| To give imperious passion law | Y |
| And hide my bosom's conscious pain | F |
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| But when night's sheltering darkness came | V |
| And none the conscious wretch could view | Z |
| How fiercely burned the smothered flame | V |
| How deep was every sigh I drew | Z |
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| Yet still to thee I'll clothe my brow | O |
| In all that jealous pride requires | A2 |
| My look the type of tna's snow | P |
| My heart of tna's secret fires | A2 |
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| One little moment short as blest | B2 |
| Compassion Love's soft semblance wore | M |
| My meagre form he fondly pressed | B2 |
| And on his beating bosom bore | M |
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| His frame with strong emotion shook | C2 |
| And kindness tuned each faltering word | A |
| While I surprised with anxious look | C2 |
| The meaning of his glance explored | C |
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| But soon my too experienced heart | D2 |
| Read nought but generous pity there | D |
| I felt presumptuous hope depart | D2 |
| And all again was dark despair | D |
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| Yet still in memory still my heart | D2 |
| Lives o'er that fleeting bliss again | E2 |
| I feel his glance his touch impart | D2 |
| Emotion through each bursting vein | F |
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| And Once I cry those eyes so sweet | F2 |
| On me with fondness deigned to shine | G2 |
| For once I felt his bosom beat | F2 |
| Against the conscious throbs of mine | G2 |
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| Nor shall the dear remembrance die | X |
| While aught of life to me is given | H2 |
| But soothe my last convulsive sigh | X |
| And be till then my joy my heaven | H2 |
Amelia Opie
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