I Love Thee Still Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDED FGFHIDID FJFJBDBDI never have been false to thee | A |
The heart I gave thee still is thine | B |
Though thou hast been untrue to me | A |
And I no more may call thee mine | B |
I've loved as woman ever loves | C |
With constant soul in good or ill | D |
Thou'st proved as man too often proves | E |
A rover but I love thee still | D |
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Yet think not that my spirit stoops | F |
To bind thee captive in my train | G |
Love's not a flower at sunset droops | F |
But smiles when comes her god again | H |
Thy words which fall unheeded now | I |
Could once my heart strings madly thrill | D |
Love a golden chain and burning vow | I |
Are broken but I love thee still | D |
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Once what a heaven of bliss was ours | F |
When love dispelled the clouds of care | J |
And time went by with birds and flowers | F |
While song and incense filled the air | J |
The past is mine the present thine | B |
Should thoughts of me thy future fill | D |
Think what a destiny is mine | B |
To lose but love thee false one still | D |
George Pope Morris
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