A Toast Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEAAFFAAGGFF GGHH| See this bowl of purple wine | A |
| Life blood of the lusty vine | A |
| All the warmth of summer suns | B |
| In the vintage liquid runs | B |
| All the glow of winter nights | C |
| Plays about its jewel lights | C |
| Thoughts of time when love was young | D |
| Lurk its ruby drops among | D |
| And its deepest depths are dyed | E |
| With delight of friendship tried | E |
| Worthy offering I ween | A |
| For a god or for a queen | A |
| Is the draught I pour to thee | F |
| Comfort of all misery | F |
| Single friend of the forlorn | A |
| Haven of all beings born | A |
| Hope when trouble wakes at night | G |
| And when naught delights delight | G |
| Holy Death I drink to thee | F |
| Do not part my friends and me | F |
| Take this gift which for a night | G |
| Puts dull leaden care to flight | G |
| Thou who takest grief away | H |
| For a night and for a day | H |
George Santayana
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