True Enjoyment Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BA BC DC D E FE FG CH C I DI DJ CJ C K CK CL DL D M NM NO PO P Q CQ CR MR D R RR RR SRT| VAINLY wouldst thou to gain a heart | A |
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| Heap up a maiden's lap with gold | B |
| The joys of love thou must impart | A |
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| Wouldst thou e'er see those joys unfold | B |
| The voices of the throng gold buys | C |
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| No single heart 'twill win for thee | D |
| Wouldst thou a maiden make thy prize | C |
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| Thyself alone the bribe must be | D |
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| If by no sacred tie thou'rt bound | E |
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| Oh youth thou must thyself restrain | F |
| Well may true liberty be found | E |
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| Tho' man may seem to wear a chain | F |
| Let one alone inflame thee e'er | G |
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| And if her heart with love o'erflows | C |
| Let tenderness unite you there | H |
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| If duty's self no fetter knows | C |
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| First feel oh youth A girl then find | I |
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| Worthy thy choice let her choose thee | D |
| In body fair and fair in mind | I |
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| And then thou wilt be blessed like me | D |
| I who have made this art mine own | J |
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| A girl have chosen such as this | C |
| The blessing of the priest alone | J |
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| Is wanting to complete our bliss | C |
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| Nought but my rapture is her guide | K |
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| Only for me she cares to please | C |
| Ne'er wanton save when by my side | K |
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| And modest when the world she sees | C |
| That time our glow may never chill | L |
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| She yields no right through frailty | D |
| Her favour is a favour still | L |
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| And I must ever grateful be | D |
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| Yet I'm content and full of joy | M |
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| If she'll but grant her smile so sweet | N |
| Or if at table she'll employ | M |
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| To pillow hers her lover's feet | N |
| Give me the apple that she bit | O |
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| The glass from which she drank bestow | P |
| And when my kiss so orders it | O |
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| Her bosom veil'd till then will show | P |
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| And when she wills of love to speak | Q |
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| In fond and silent hours of bliss | C |
| Words from her mouth are all I seek | Q |
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| Nought else I crave not e'en a kiss | C |
| With what a soul her mind is fraught | R |
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| Wreath'd round with charms unceasingly | M |
| She's perfect and she fails in nought | R |
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| Save in her deigning to love me | D |
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| My rev'rence throws me at her feet | R |
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| My longing throws me on her breast | R |
| This youth is rapture true and sweet | R |
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| Be wise thus seeking to be blest | R |
| When death shall take thee from her side | R |
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| To join the angelic choir above | S |
| In heaven's bright mansions to abide | R |
| No diff'rence at the change thoult prove | T |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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