The Old Dream Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACBDCBCD AEAFEDFEGD CHCEHDEHID| NAY tell me not I will not know | A |
| Because of her my life is bare | B |
| A waste where blow seeds spring and grow | A |
| Then die because the soil is spent | C |
| And leave no token they were there | B |
| A soddened mere where marsh lights gleam | D |
| But no star sees the ray it lent | C |
| Because of her despoiled and bare | B |
| What then she did a wrong unmeant | C |
| Leave me my dream | D |
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| Tell me no more I will not know | A |
| My life if she had harsher eyes | E |
| Did her sweet voice not deepen so | A |
| Had maybe missed this bitterness | F |
| Maybe I should have been more wise | E |
| If she were sterner or could seem | D |
| If she could have been pitiless | F |
| Too sweet low voice too trustful eyes | E |
| What then she could not judge their stress | G |
| Leave me my dream | D |
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| I will not know Rob not my heart | C |
| It is too poor to lose yet more | H |
| Leave the old dream where she was part | C |
| Are all smiles ill all sweetness lies | E |
| One blossom once my life time bore | H |
| It wakened at her April beam | D |
| Then froze yet dead 'tis still some prize | E |
| It shows mine blossoms were of yore | H |
| Let be I need some memories | I |
| Leave me my dream | D |
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