Geoffrey Keating Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FBFG HCIC JKJK AAAA| O woman full of wiliness | A |
| Although for love of me you pine | B |
| Withhold your hand adventurous | A |
| It holdeth nothing holding mine | B |
| - | |
| Look on my head how it is grey | C |
| My body's weakness doth appear | D |
| My blood is chill and thin my day | C |
| Is done and there is nothing here | E |
| - | |
| Do not call me a foolish man | F |
| Nor lean your lovely cheek to mine | B |
| O slender witch our bodies can | F |
| Not mingle now nor any time | G |
| - | |
| So take your mouth from mine your hand | H |
| From mine ah take your lips away | C |
| Lest heat to will should ripen and | I |
| All this be grave that had been gay | C |
| - | |
| It is this curl a silken nest | J |
| And this grey eye bright as the dew | K |
| And this round lovely snow white breast | J |
| That draws desire in search of you | K |
| - | |
| I would do all for you meseems | A |
| But this tho' this were happiness | A |
| I shall not mingle in your dreams | A |
| O woman full of wiliness | A |
James Stephens
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
<< Breakfast Time (the Adventures Of Seumas Beg) Poem
The Dodder Bank (the Rocky Road To Dublin) Poem>>
About Geoffrey Keating
Geoffrey Keating is a poem by James Stephens. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
Write your comment about Geoffrey Keating poem by James Stephens
Best Poems of James Stephens