Pignus Amoris. [1] Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDE FGFG HEHE IJIJ KLKL MNMN LOLO| A | |
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| As by the fix'd decrees of Heaven | B |
| 'Tis vain to hope that Joy can last | C |
| The dearest boon that Life has given | B |
| To me is visions of the past | C |
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| For these this toy of blushing hue | D |
| I prize with zeal before unknown | E |
| It tells me of a Friend I knew | D |
| Who loved me for myself alone | E |
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| It tells me what how few can say | F |
| Though all the social tie commend | G |
| Recorded in my heart 'twill lay | F |
| It tells me mine was once a Friend | G |
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| Through many a weary day gone by | H |
| With time the gift is dearer grown | E |
| And still I view in Memory's eye | H |
| That teardrop sparkle through my own | E |
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| And heartless Age perhaps will smile | I |
| Or wonder whence those feelings sprung | J |
| Yet let not sterner souls revile | I |
| For Both were open Both were young | J |
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| And Youth is sure the only time | K |
| When Pleasure blends no base alloy | L |
| When Life is blest without a crime | K |
| And Innocence resides with Joy | L |
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| Let those reprove my feeble Soul | M |
| Who laugh to scorn Affection's name | N |
| While these impose a harsh controul | M |
| All will forgive who feel the same | N |
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| Then still I wear my simple toy | L |
| With pious care from wreck I'll save it | O |
| And this will form a dear employ | L |
| For dear I was to him who gave it | O |
George Gordon Byron
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