Sonnet, Supposed To Have Been Addressed By A Female Lunatic To A Lady Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGG| Lady thou weepest for the Maniac's woe | A |
| And thou art fair and thou like me art young | B |
| Oh may thy bosom never never know | A |
| The pangs with which my wretched heart is wrung | B |
| I had a mother once a brother too | C |
| Beneath yon yew my father rests his head | D |
| I had a lover once and kind and true | C |
| But mother brother lover all are fled | D |
| Yet whence the tear which dims thy lovely eye | E |
| Oh gentle lady not for me thus weep | F |
| The green sod soon upon my breast will lie | E |
| And soft and sound will be my peaceful sleep | F |
| Go thou and pluck the roses while they bloom | G |
| My hopes lie buried in the silent tomb | G |
Henry Kirk White
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