The Vow Forsworn Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGHUnweariedly he watches for the sign | A |
The sign I promised from the farthest goal | B |
My lover of a world no longer mine | A |
My human lover with his human soul | B |
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Unweariedly he waits from day to day | C |
Nor knows as I know now that when we meet | D |
'Twill be as dewdrop on the hawthorn spray | C |
The ultimate of God at last complete | D |
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He still remembers that my eyes were blue | E |
Still dreams the autumn russet of my hair | F |
In God's own time he said I'll come to you | E |
You will be waiting I will find you there | F |
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But now I know that he must never hear | G |
The message that I promised to impart | H |
For should I breathe the secret in his ear | G |
His soul would hearken but 'twould break his heart | H |
Charles Hamilton Musgrove
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