The Glow-worm To Her Love Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FGFG HIHI JKLK| BENEATH cool ferns in dewy grass | A |
| Among the leaves that fringe the stream | B |
| I hear the feet of lovers pass | A |
| I hide all day and dream | B |
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| But when the night with wide soft wings | C |
| Droops on the trembling waiting wood | D |
| And lulls the restless woodland things | C |
| Within its solitude | E |
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| Ah then my soft green lamp I light | F |
| That thou may'st find me by its fire | G |
| Come crown me O my winged delight | F |
| My darling my desire | G |
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| Yet they who praise the lamp I bear | H |
| Have never a word of praise for thee | I |
| My love my life my King of Air | H |
| Who lightest the lamp in me | I |
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| Thine thine should be the praise they give | J |
| My King who art all praise above | K |
| Since but for thee I dream and live | L |
| And light the lamp of love | K |
Edith Nesbit
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