First Love Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEFG HIH JKLK MNONPQRQ SQTQ U VW XKYK ZKA2K B2C2QC2 D2YE2Y| My long first year of perfect love | A |
| My deep new dream of joy She was a little chubby girl | B |
| I was a chubby boy | C |
| - | |
| I wore a crimson frock white drawers | D |
| A belt a crown was on it | E |
| She wore some angel's kind of dress | F |
| And such a tiny bonnet | G |
| - | |
| Old fashioned but the soft brown hair Would never keep its place | H |
| A little maid with violet eyes | I |
| And sunshine in her face | H |
| - | |
| O my child queen in those lost days | J |
| How sweet was daily living | K |
| How humble and how proud I grew | L |
| How rich by merely giving | K |
| - | |
| She went to school the parlour maid | M |
| Slow stepping to her trot | N |
| That parlour maid ah did she feel | O |
| How lofty was her lot | N |
| Across the road I saw her lift | P |
| My Queen and with a sigh | Q |
| I envied Raleigh my new coat | R |
| Was hung a peg too high | Q |
| - | |
| A hoard of never given gifts | S |
| I cherished priceless pelf | Q |
| 'Twas two whole days ere I devoured | T |
| That peppermint myself | Q |
| - | |
| In Church I only prayed for her | U |
| 'O God bless Lucy Hill ' | - |
| Child may His angels keep their arms | V |
| Ever around you still | W |
| - | |
| But when the hymn came round with heart | X |
| That feared some heart's surprising | K |
| Its secret sweet I climbed the seat | Y |
| 'Mid rustling and uprising | K |
| - | |
| And there against her mother's arm | Z |
| The sleeping child was leaning | K |
| While far away the hymn went on | A2 |
| The music and the meaning | K |
| - | |
| Oh I loved with more of pain | B2 |
| Since then with more of passion | C2 |
| Loved with the aching in my love | Q |
| After our grown up fashion | C2 |
| - | |
| Yet could I almost be content | D2 |
| To lose here at your feet | Y |
| A year or two you murmuring elm | E2 |
| To dream a dream so sweet | Y |
Edward Dowden
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
About First Love
First Love is a poem by Edward Dowden. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
Write your comment about First Love poem by Edward Dowden
Best Poems of Edward Dowden