Ballade Of The Bookworm Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDBD ABABEDBD ABABBDBD C ADAD| Far in the Past I peer and see | A |
| A Child upon the Nursery floor | B |
| A Child with books upon his knee | A |
| Who asks like Oliver for more | B |
| The number of his years is IV | C |
| And yet in Letters hath he skill | D |
| How deep he dives in Fairy lore | B |
| The Books I loved I love them still | D |
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| One gift the Fairies gave me Three | A |
| They commonly bestowed of yore | B |
| The Love of Books the Golden Key | A |
| That opens the Enchanted Door | B |
| Behind it BLUEBEARD lurks and o'er | E |
| And o'er doth JACK his Giants kill | D |
| And there is all ALADDIN'S store | B |
| The Books I loved I love them still | D |
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| Take all but leave my Books to me | A |
| These heavy creels of old we bore | B |
| We fill not now nor wander free | A |
| Nor wear the heart that once we wore | B |
| Not now each River seems to pour | B |
| His waters from the Muses' hill | D |
| Though something's gone from stream and shore | B |
| The Books I loved I love them still | D |
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| ENVOY | C |
| - | |
| Fate that art Queen by shore and sea | A |
| We bow submissive to thy will | D |
| Ah grant by some benign decree | A |
| The Books I loved to love them still | D |
Andrew Lang
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