To Thought, Written At Midnight Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCADEEE FGFFGHHH IJKKJLLL MNOMNPPP CQEEQHHH| Hence away vindictive thought | A |
| Thy pictures are of pain | B |
| The visions through thy dark eye caught | C |
| They with no gentle charms are fraught | A |
| So pr'y thee back again | D |
| I would not weep | E |
| I wish to sleep | E |
| Then why thou busy foe with me thy vigils keep | E |
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| Why dost o'er bed and couch recline | F |
| Is this thy new delight | G |
| Pale visitant it is not thine | F |
| To keep thy sentry through the mine | F |
| The dark vault of the night | G |
| 'Tis thine to die | H |
| While o'er the eye | H |
| The dews of slumber press and waking sorrows fly | H |
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| Go thou and bide with him who guides | I |
| His bark through lonely seas | J |
| And as reclining on his helm | K |
| Sadly he marks the starry realm | K |
| To him thou mayst bring ease | J |
| But thou to me | L |
| Art misery | L |
| So pr'ythee pr'ythee plume thy wings and from my pillow flee | L |
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| And memory pray what art thou | M |
| Art thou of pleasure born | N |
| Does bliss untainted from thee flow | O |
| The rose that gems thy pensive brow | M |
| Is it without a thorn | N |
| With all thy smiles | P |
| And witching wiles | P |
| Yet not unfrequent bitterness thy mournful sway defiles | P |
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| The drowsy night watch has forgot | C |
| To call the solemn hour | Q |
| Lull'd by the winds he slumbers deep | E |
| While I in vain capricious sleep | E |
| Invoke thy tardy power | Q |
| And restless lie | H |
| With unclosed eye | H |
| And count the tedious hours as slow they minute by | H |
Henry Kirk White
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