Fairy Favours Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DEFFCG HHIIJJ KKLLMM FFNNOO PPFFQQ GGRRSS TTUUVE| Wouldst thou wear the gift of immortal bloom | A |
| Wouldst thou smile in scorn at the shadowy tomb | A |
| Drink of this cup it is richly fraught | B |
| With balm from the gardens of genii brought | B |
| Drink and the spoiler shall pass thee by | C |
| When the young all scatter'd like rose leaves lie | C |
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| And would not the youth of my soul be gone | D |
| If the lov'd had left me one by one | E |
| Take back the cup that may never bless | F |
| The gift that would make me brotherless | F |
| How should I live with no kindred eye | C |
| To reflect mine immortality | G |
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| Wouldst thou have empire by sign or spell | H |
| Over the mighty in air that dwell | H |
| Wouldst thou call the spirits of shore and steep | I |
| To fetch thee jewels from ocean's deep | I |
| Wave but this rod and a viewless band | J |
| Slaves to thy will shall around thee stand | J |
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| And would not fear at my coming then | K |
| Hush every voice in the homes of men | K |
| Would not bright eyes in my presence quail | L |
| Young cheeks with a nameless thrill turn pale | L |
| No gift be mine that aside would turn | M |
| The human love for whose founts I yearn | M |
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| Wouldst thou then read thro' the hearts of those | F |
| Upon whose faith thou hast sought repose | F |
| Wear this rich gem it is charm'd to show | N |
| When a change comes over affection's glow | N |
| Look on its flushing or fading hue | O |
| And learn if the trusted be false or true | O |
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| Keep keep the gem that I still may trust | P |
| Tho' my heart's wealth be but pour'd on dust | P |
| Let not a doubt in my soul have place | F |
| To dim the light of a lov'd one's face | F |
| Leave to the earth its warm sunny smile | Q |
| That glory would pass could I look on guile | Q |
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| Say then what boon of my power shall be | G |
| Favour'd of spirits pour'd forth on thee | G |
| Thou scornest the treasures of wave and mine | R |
| Thou wilt not drink of the cup divine | R |
| Thou art fain with a mortal's lot to rest | S |
| Answer me how may I grace it best | S |
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| Oh give me no sway o'er the powers unseen | T |
| But a human heart where my own may lean | T |
| A friend one tender and faithful friend | U |
| Whose thoughts' free current with mine may blend | U |
| And leaving not either on earth alone | V |
| Bid the bright calm close of our lives be one | E |
Felicia Dorothea Hemans
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