In Tempore Senectutis Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCBA ADADEEDA AFAFGGHAWhen I am old | A |
And sadly steal apart | B |
Into the dark and cold | A |
Friend of my heart | B |
Remember if you can | C |
Not him who lingers but that other man | C |
Who loved and sang and had a beating heart | B |
When I am old | A |
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When I am old | A |
And all Love's ancient fire | D |
Be tremulous and cold | A |
My soul's desire | D |
Remember if you may | E |
Nothing of you and me but yesterday | E |
When heart on heart we bid the years conspire | D |
To make us old | A |
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When I am old | A |
And every star above | F |
Be pitiless and cold | A |
My life's one love | F |
Forbid me not to go | G |
Remember nought of us but long ago | G |
And not at last how love and pity strove | H |
When I grew old | A |
Ernest Christopher Dowson
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