Love's Sleep (vers De Societe) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJIJFKFK LMNMCFCF FOFO| We'll cover Love with roses | A |
| And sweet sleep he shall take | B |
| None but a fool supposes | A |
| Love always keeps awake | B |
| I've known loves without number | C |
| True loves were they and tried | D |
| And just for want of slumber | C |
| They pined away and died | D |
| - | |
| Our love was bright and cheerful | E |
| A little while agone | F |
| Now he is pale and tearful | E |
| And yes I've seen him yawn | F |
| So tired is he of kisses | G |
| That he can only weep | H |
| The one dear thing he misses | G |
| And longs for now is sleep | H |
| - | |
| We could not let him leave us | I |
| One time he was so dear | J |
| But now it would not grieve us | I |
| If he slept half a year | J |
| For he has had his season | F |
| Like the lily and the rose | K |
| And it but stands to reason | F |
| That he should want repose | K |
| - | |
| We prized the smiling Cupid | L |
| Who made our days so bright | M |
| But he has grown so stupid | N |
| We gladly say good night | M |
| And if he wakens tender | C |
| And fond and fair as when | F |
| He filled our lives with splendour | C |
| We'll take him back again | F |
| - | |
| And should he never waken | F |
| As that perchance may be | O |
| We will not weep forsaken | F |
| But sing Love tra la lee | O |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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