A Lover's Vows Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCDBAAAB BBBBEEEBAAAB| Scenes 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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