Gravis Dulcis Immutabilis Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFEF GHGI JKJL| Come let me kiss your wistful face | A |
| Where Sorrow curves her bow of pain | B |
| And live sweet days and bitter days | C |
| With you or wanting you again | D |
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| I dread your perishable gold | E |
| Come near me now the years are few | F |
| Alas when you and I are old | E |
| I shall not want to look at you | F |
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| And yet come in I shall not dare | G |
| To gaze upon your countenance | H |
| But I shall huddle in my chair | G |
| Turn to the fire my fireless glance | I |
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| And listen while that slow and grave | J |
| Immutable sweet voice of yours | K |
| Rises and falls as falls a wave | J |
| In summer on forgotten shores | L |
James Elroy Flecker
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