Gavotte (old French) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABAB AACAC DDDDD AAEAE| Memories long in music sleeping | A |
| No more sleeping | A |
| No more dumb | B |
| Delicate phantoms softly creeping | A |
| Softly back from the old world come | B |
| - | |
| Faintest odours around them straying | A |
| Suddenly straying | A |
| In chambers dim | C |
| Whispering silks in order swaying | A |
| Glimmering gems on shoulders slim | C |
| - | |
| Courage advancing strong and tender | D |
| Grace untender | D |
| Fanning desire | D |
| Suppliant conquest proud surrender | D |
| Courtesy cold of hearts on fire | D |
| - | |
| Willowy billowy now they're bending | A |
| Low they're bending | A |
| Down dropt eyes | E |
| Stately measure and stately ending | A |
| Music sobbing and a dream that dies | E |
Henry Newbolt
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