To George, Earl Delawarr. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDE BFBF GHGH CICI DJDK LMLM MNMN BOBO| A | |
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| Oh yes I will own we were dear to each other | B |
| The friendships of childhood though fleeting are true | C |
| The love which you felt was the love of a brother | B |
| Nor less the affection I cherish'd for you | C |
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| But Friendship can vary her gentle dominion | D |
| The attachment of years in a moment expires | E |
| Like Love too she moves on a swift waving pinion | D |
| But glows not like Love with unquenchable fires | E |
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| Full oft have we wander'd through Ida together | B |
| And blest were the scenes of our youth I allow | F |
| In the spring of our life how serene is the weather | B |
| But Winter's rude tempests are gathering now | F |
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| No more with Affection shall Memory blending | G |
| The wonted delights of our childhood retrace | H |
| When Pride steels the bosom the heart is unbending | G |
| And what would be Justice appears a disgrace | H |
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| However dear George for I still must esteem you | C |
| The few whom I love I can never upbraid | I |
| The chance which has lost may in future redeem you | C |
| Repentance will cancel the vow you have made | I |
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| I will not complain and though chill'd is affection | D |
| With me no corroding resentment shall live | J |
| My bosom is calm'd by the simple reflection | D |
| That both may be wrong and that both should forgive | K |
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| You knew that my soul that my heart my existence | L |
| If danger demanded were wholly your own | M |
| You knew me unalter'd by years or by distance | L |
| Devoted to love and to friendship alone | M |
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| You knew but away with the vain retrospection | M |
| The bond of affection no longer endures | N |
| Too late you may droop o'er the fond recollection | M |
| And sigh for the friend who was formerly yours | N |
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| For the present we part I will hope not for ever | B |
| For time and regret will restore you at last | O |
| To forget our dissension we both should endeavour | B |
| I ask no atonement but days like the past | O |
George Gordon Byron
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