Second Nature Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEEFF AAGGHH IIJJKK LLBBMM| When I was young how fair the skies | A |
| Such folly of cloud such blue depths wise | A |
| Such dews of morn such calms of eve | B |
| So many the lure and the reprieve | B |
| Life seemed a toy to break and mend | C |
| And make a charm of in the end | C |
| - | |
| Then slowly all the dew dried up | D |
| And only dust lay in the cup | D |
| And since to slake his thirst man must | E |
| I sought a cup that had no dust | E |
| And found it at the Goat and Vine | F |
| Mingled of brandy beer and wine | F |
| - | |
| The goat cup straight drew down the skies | A |
| And lit them in lunatick wise | A |
| What had been rose went scarlet red | G |
| And the pearl tints grew like the dead | G |
| And the fresh primrose of the morn | H |
| Was the wet red of rain spoiled corn | H |
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| Now with a head that aches and nods | I |
| I hold weak hands out to the gods | I |
| And oh forgiving gods and kind | J |
| They give me healing to my mind | J |
| And show me once again the lawn | K |
| Green and clear gemmed with dews of dawn | K |
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| O gods who look down from above | L |
| Upon our tangle of lust and love | L |
| And in your purity perceive | B |
| The worth of what our follies leave | B |
| Give us but this and sink the rest | M |
| To know that dew and dawn are best | M |
E. (edith) Nesbit
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