A Lover's Vows Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCDBAAAB BBBBEEEBAAABScenes of love and days of pleasure | A |
I must leave them all lassie | B |
Scenes of love and hours of leisure | A |
All are gone for aye lassie | B |
No more thy velvet bordered dress | C |
My fond and longing een shall bless | C |
Thou lily in the wilderness | D |
And who shall love thee then lassie | B |
Long I've watched thy look so tender | A |
Often clasped thy waist so slender | A |
Heaven in thine own love defend her | A |
God protect my own lassie | B |
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By all the faith I've shown afore thee | B |
I'll swear by more than that lassie | B |
By heaven and earth I'll still adore thee | B |
Though we should part for aye lassie | B |
By thy infant years so loving | E |
By thy woman's love so moving | E |
That white breast thy goodness proving | E |
I'm thine for aye through all lassie | B |
By the sun that shines for ever | A |
By love's light and its own Giver | A |
Who loveth truth and leaveth never | A |
I'm thine for aye through all lassie | B |
John Clare
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