To My Wife Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL BMBM NONO BPBP IQIQ| Oft in the night from this lone room | A |
| I long to fly o er land and sea | B |
| To pierce the dark dividing gloom | A |
| And join myself to thee | B |
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| And thou to me wouldst gladly fly | C |
| I know thee well my own true wife | D |
| We feel that when we live not nigh | C |
| We lose the crown of life | D |
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| Yet soon I hope at dead of night | E |
| To meet where all is strange beside | F |
| And mid the train s resounding flight | E |
| To have thee by my side | F |
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| Then shall I feel that thou art near | G |
| Joined hand to hand and soul to soul | H |
| Short will that happy night appear | G |
| As through the dark we roll | H |
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| Then shall the secret of the will | I |
| That dares not enter into bliss | J |
| That longs for love yet lingers still | I |
| Be solved in one long kiss | J |
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| I drinking deep of thy rich love | K |
| Thou feeling all the strength of mine | L |
| Our souls will rise in faith above | K |
| The cares which make us pine | L |
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| Till I give thee thou giving me | B |
| As that which either loves the best | M |
| To Him that loved us both that He | B |
| May take us to His rest | M |
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| Wandering and weak are all our prayers | N |
| And fleeting half the gifts we crave | O |
| Love only cleansed from sins and cares | N |
| Shall live beyond the grave | O |
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| Strengthen our love O Lord that we | B |
| May in Thine own great love believe | P |
| And opening all our soul to Thee | B |
| May Thy free gift receive | P |
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| All powers of mind all force of will | I |
| May lie in dust when we are dead | Q |
| But love is ours and shall be still | I |
| When earth and seas are fled | Q |
James Clerk Maxwell
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