Time And The Lover. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD AEAE| Oh Time thy merits who can know | A |
| Thy real nature who discover | B |
| The absent lover calls thee slow | A |
| Too rapid says the happy lover | B |
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| With bloom thy cheeks are now refin'd | C |
| Now to thine eye the tear is given | D |
| At once too cruel and too kind | C |
| A little hell a little heaven | D |
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| Go then thou charming myst'ry go | A |
| Yes tho' thou often dost amuse me | E |
| Tho' many a joy to thee I owe | A |
| At once I thank thee and abuse thee | E |
John Carr (sir)
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