To Catharine Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FGFH IJIJ| I'll love thee as long as I live | A |
| Whate'er thy condition may be | B |
| All else but my life would I give | C |
| That thou wast as partial to me | B |
| - | |
| I love thee because thou art fair | D |
| And fancy no other beside | E |
| I languish thy pleasures to share | D |
| Whatever my life may betide | E |
| - | |
| I'll love thee when youth's vital beam | F |
| Grows dim on the visage of cares | G |
| And trace back on time's rapid stream | F |
| Thy beauty when sinking in years | H |
| - | |
| Though nature no longer is gay | I |
| With blooms which the simple adore | J |
| Let virtue forbid me to say | I |
| That Cath'rine is lovely no more | J |
George Moses Horton
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