Sit Down, Sad Soul Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCB DEDEFFE GEGEHHE| SIT down sad soul and count | A |
| The moments flying | B |
| Come tell the sweet amount | A |
| That s lost by sighing | B |
| How many smiles a score | C |
| Then laugh and count no more | C |
| For day is dying | B |
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| Lie down sad soul and sleep | D |
| And no more measure | E |
| The flight of Time nor weep | D |
| The loss of leisure | E |
| But here by this lone stream | F |
| Lie down with us and dream | F |
| Of starry treasure | E |
| - | |
| We dream do thou the same | G |
| We love for ever | E |
| We laugh yet few we shame | G |
| The gentle never | E |
| Stay then till Sorrow dies | H |
| Then hope and happy skies | H |
| Are thine for ever | E |
Barry Cornwall
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