General Confession Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BC BD DB E FG FH HF I BJ BF FB K KL KF FK K MN MF FM F BL BF FB| In this noble ring to day | A |
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| Let my warning shame ye | B |
| Listen to my solemn voice | C |
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| Seldom does it name ye | B |
| Many a thing have ye intended | D |
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| Many a thing have badly ended | D |
| And now I must blame ye | B |
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| At some moment in our lives | E |
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| We must all repent us | F |
| So confess with pious trust | G |
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| All your sins momentous | F |
| Error's crooked pathways shunning | H |
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| Let us on the straight road running | H |
| Honestly content us | F |
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| Yes we've oft when waking dream'd | I |
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| Let's confess it rightly | B |
| Left undrain'd the brimming cup | J |
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| When it sparkled brightly | B |
| Many a shepherd's hour's soft blisses | F |
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| Many a dear mouth's flying kisses | F |
| We've neglected lightly | B |
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| Mute and silent have we sat | K |
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| Whilst the blockheads prated | K |
| And above e'en song divine | L |
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| Have their babblings rated | K |
| To account we've even call'd us | F |
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| For the moments that enthrall'd us | F |
| With enjoyment freighted | K |
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| If thou'lt absolution grant | K |
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| To thy true ones ever | M |
| We to execute thy will | N |
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| Ceaseless will endeavour | M |
| From half measures strive to wean us | F |
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| Wholly fairly well demean us | F |
| Resting flagging never | M |
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| At all blockheads we'll at once | F |
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| Let our laugh ring clearly | B |
| And the pearly foaming wine | L |
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| Never sip at merely | B |
| Ne'er with eye alone give kisses | F |
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| But with boldness suck in blisses | F |
| From those lips loved dearly | B |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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