A Spanish Love Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBBBCDCEBFBBGHG IJKJKLML BMBMNOMO HPQPMRKR| From Andalusian gardens | A |
| I bring the rose and rue | B |
| And leaves of subtle odour | B |
| To weave a gift for you | B |
| You ll know the reason wherefore | B |
| The sad is with the sweet | C |
| My flowers may lie as I would | D |
| A carpet for your feet | C |
| The heart the heart is constant | E |
| It holds its secret Dear | B |
| But often in the night time | F |
| I keep awake for fear | B |
| I have no hope to whisper | B |
| I have no prayer to send | G |
| God save you from such passion | H |
| God help you from such end | G |
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| You first you last you false love | I |
| In dreams your lips I kiss | J |
| And thus I greet your Shadow | K |
| Take this and this and this | J |
| When dews are on the casement | K |
| And winds are in the pine | L |
| I have you close beside me | M |
| In sleep your mouth is mine | L |
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| I never see you elsewhere | B |
| You never think of me | M |
| But fired with fever for you | B |
| Content I am to be | M |
| You will not turn my Darling | N |
| Nor answer when I call | O |
| But yours are soul are body | M |
| And love of mine and all | O |
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| You splendid Spaniard Listen | H |
| My passion leaps to flame | P |
| For neck and cheek and dimple | Q |
| And cunning shades of shame | P |
| I tell you I would gladly | M |
| Give Hell myself to keep | R |
| To cling to half a moment | K |
| The lips I taste in sleep | R |
Henry Kendall
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