A Trifle Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CC DD EE FF GG HH II| I know not why but ev'n to me | A |
| My songs seem sweet when read to thee | A |
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| Perhaps in this the pleasure lies | B |
| I read my thoughts within thine eyes | B |
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| And so dare fancy that my art | C |
| May sink as deeply as thy heart | C |
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| Perhaps I love to make my words | D |
| Sing round thee like so many birds | D |
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| Or maybe they are only sweet | E |
| As they seem offerings at thy feet | E |
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| Or haply Lily when I speak | F |
| I think perchance they touch thy cheek | F |
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| Or with a yet more precious bliss | G |
| Die on thy red lips in a kiss | G |
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| Each reason here I cannot tell | H |
| Or all perhaps may solve the spell | H |
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| But if she watch when I am by | I |
| Lily may deeper see than I | I |
Henry Timrod
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