He That Looketh Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBACDDECDDC| Yea she and I have broken God's command | A |
| And in His sight are branded with our shame | B |
| And yet I do not even know her name | B |
| Nor ever in my life have touched her hand | A |
| Or brushed her garments But I chanced to stand | A |
| Beside her in the throng A sweet swift flame | B |
| Shot from her flesh to mine and hers the blame | B |
| Of willing looks that fed it aye that fanned | A |
| The glow within me to a hungry fire | C |
| There was an invitation in her eyes | D |
| Had she met mine with coldness or surprise | D |
| I had not plunged on headlong in the mire | E |
| Of amorous thought The flame leaped high and higher | C |
| Her breath and mine pulsated into sighs | D |
| And soft glance melted into glance kiss wise | D |
| And in God's sight both yielded to desire | C |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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