Dum Nos Fata Sinunt, Oculos Satiemus Amore. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDE FGHG IJIJ KLKD AMAM NLOD APAP| Dum nos fata sinunt oculos satiemus Amore PROPERTIUS | A |
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| Cease smiling Dear a little while be sad | B |
| Here in the silence under the wan moon | C |
| Sweet are thine eyes but how can I be glad | B |
| Knowing they change so soon | C |
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| For Love's sake Dear be silent Cover me | D |
| In the deep darkness of thy falling hair | E |
| Fear is upon me and the memory | D |
| Of what is all men's share | E |
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| O could this moment be perpetuate | F |
| Must we grow old and leaden eyed and gray | G |
| And taste no more the wild and passionate | H |
| Love sorrows of to day | G |
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| Grown old and faded Sweet and past desire | I |
| Let memory die lest there be too much ruth | J |
| Remembering the old extinguished fire | I |
| Of our divine lost youth | J |
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| O red pomegranate of thy perfect mouth | K |
| My lips' life fruitage might I taste and die | L |
| Here in thy garden where the scented south | K |
| Wind chastens agony | D |
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| Reap death from thy live lips in one long kiss | A |
| And look my last into thine eyes and rest | M |
| What sweets had life to me sweeter than this | A |
| Swift dying on thy breast | M |
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| Or if that may not be for Love's sake Dear | N |
| Keep silence still and dream that we shall lie | L |
| Red mouth to mouth entwined and always hear | O |
| The south wind's melody | D |
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| Here in thy garden through the sighing boughs | A |
| Beyond the reach of time and chance and change | P |
| And bitter life and death and broken vows | A |
| That sadden and estrange | P |
Ernest Christopher Dowson
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