A Litany Of Lethe Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAB CCB DDB EFB GGB HHB IIB JKB LLB KKB AAB| O Lethe hidden waters never dry | A |
| We all we weary and heavy laden cry | A |
| O Lethe let us find thee and forget | B |
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| All we have sinn d and yet the scars remain | C |
| And we all we had sorrow And we had pain | C |
| O Lethe let us find thee and forget | B |
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| Thou that dost flow from Death to Death through Sleep | D |
| Whose waters are the tears of those that weep | D |
| O Lethe let us find thee and forget | B |
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| Thou that dost bring sweet peace to hospitals | E |
| And to the captive openest prison walls | F |
| O Lethe let us find thee and forget | B |
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| Thou that dost loose the soul from murdered Truth | G |
| And youth from yesterday and age from youth | G |
| O Lethe let us find thee and forget | B |
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| Thou from lost love remembered sett'st us free | H |
| From hopeless love a lorn eternity | H |
| O Lethe let us find thee and forget | B |
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| Thou from repentance tak'st the sting from vice | I |
| The memory of a forfeit Paradise | I |
| O Lethe let us find thee and forget | B |
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| Thou in our grief dost hide from us no less | J |
| The anguish of remembered happiness | K |
| O Lethe let us find thee and forget | B |
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| Thou that dost lay alike on all thy spell | L |
| And free the saint from heaven the wretch from hell | L |
| O Lethe let us find thee and forget | B |
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| Bring bring soft sleep and close all eyes for us | K |
| Sleep without dreams and peace oblivious | K |
| O Lethe let us find thee and forget | B |
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| We all we weary and heavy laden cry | A |
| Too tired to live and yet too weak to die | A |
| O Lethe let us find thee and forget | B |
Arthur Symons
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