Stanzas Written On The Road Between Florence And Pisa.[603] Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBBB CCBB DDEE BBBB E CA | |
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Oh talk not to me of a name great in story | B |
The days of our Youth are the days of our glory | B |
And the myrtle and ivy of sweet two and twenty | B |
Are worth all your laurels though ever so plenty | B |
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What are garlands and crowns to the brow that is wrinkled | C |
Tis but as a dead flower with May dew besprinkled | C |
Then away with all such from the head that is hoary | B |
What care I for the wreaths that can only give glory | B |
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Oh Fame if I e'er took delight in thy praises | D |
'Twas less for the sake of thy high sounding phrases | D |
Than to see the bright eyes of the dear One discover | E |
She thought that I was not unworthy to love her | E |
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There chiefly I sought thee there only I found thee | B |
Her Glance was the best of the rays that surround thee | B |
When it sparkled o'er aught that was bright in my story | B |
I knew it was Love and I felt it was Glory | B |
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November | E |
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First published Letters and Journals of Lord Byron ii note | C |
George Gordon Byron
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