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