Song: Who Thinks That He Possesses Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDDB EEBFGFB| Who thinks that he possesses | A |
| His mistress with his kisses | A |
| Knows neither love nor her | B |
| Nor beauty is not his | C |
| Who seeks it in a kiss | D |
| If you would seek for this | D |
| O seek it otherwhere | B |
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| Love is a flame a spirit | E |
| Beyond all earthly merit | E |
| And all we dream of here | B |
| Strive as you may but still | F |
| Love is intangible | G |
| No servant to your will | F |
| But sovereign otherwhere | B |
Edward Shanks
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