Lines Addressed To A Young Lady.[1] Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDF GHGH IJFJ KLKL MNMN OLOL PQPQ IRIS| As the author was discharging his Pistols in a Garden Two Ladies passing near the spot were alarmed by the sound of a Bullet hissing near them to one of whom the following stanzas were addressed the next morning | A |
| - | |
| - | |
| - | |
| - | |
| Doubtless sweet girl the hissing lead | B |
| Wafting destruction o'er thy charms | C |
| And hurtling o'er thy lovely head | B |
| Has fill'd that breast with fond alarms | C |
| - | |
| - | |
| - | |
| - | |
| Surely some envious Demon's force | D |
| Vex'd to behold such beauty here | E |
| Impell'd the bullet's viewless course | D |
| Diverted from its first career | F |
| - | |
| - | |
| - | |
| - | |
| Yes in that nearly fatal hour | G |
| The ball obey'd some hell born guide | H |
| But Heaven with interposing power | G |
| In pity turn'd the death aside | H |
| - | |
| - | |
| - | |
| - | |
| Yet as perchance one trembling tear | I |
| Upon that thrilling bosom fell | J |
| Which I th' unconscious cause of fear | F |
| Extracted from its glistening cell | J |
| - | |
| - | |
| - | |
| - | |
| Say what dire penance can atone | K |
| For such an outrage done to thee | L |
| Arraign'd before thy beauty's throne | K |
| What punishment wilt thou decree | L |
| - | |
| - | |
| - | |
| - | |
| Might I perform the Judge's part | M |
| The sentence I should scarce deplore | N |
| It only would restore a heart | M |
| Which but belong'd to thee before | N |
| - | |
| - | |
| - | |
| - | |
| The least atonement I can make | O |
| Is to become no longer free | L |
| Henceforth I breathe but for thy sake | O |
| Thou shalt be all in all to me | L |
| - | |
| - | |
| - | |
| - | |
| But thou perhaps may'st now reject | P |
| Such expiation of my guilt | Q |
| Come then some other mode elect | P |
| Let it be death or what thou wilt | Q |
| - | |
| - | |
| - | |
| - | |
| Choose then relentless and I swear | I |
| Nought shall thy dread decree prevent | R |
| Yet hold one little word forbear | I |
| Let it be aught but banishment | S |
George Gordon Byron
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
<< Thoughts Suggested By A College Examination. Poem
The Episode Of Nisus And Euryalus. [1] A Paraphrase From The "aeneid," Lib. 9. Poem>>
Write your comment about Lines Addressed To A Young Lady.[1] poem by George Gordon Byron
Best Poems of George Gordon Byron