Ballad. "i Love Thee, Sweet Mary, But Love Thee In Fear" Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DBDB EBEB FBFB| I love thee sweet Mary but love thee in fear | A |
| Were I but the morning breeze healthy and airy | B |
| As thou goest a walking I'd breathe in thine ear | C |
| And whisper and sigh how I love thee my Mary | B |
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| I wish but to touch thee but wish it in vain | D |
| Wert thou but a streamlet a winding so clearly | B |
| And I little globules of soft dropping rain | D |
| How fond would I press thy white bosom my Mary | B |
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| I would steal a kiss but I dare not presume | E |
| Wert thou but a rose in thy garden sweet fairy | B |
| And I a bold bee for to rifle its bloom | E |
| A whole summer's day would I kiss thee my Mary | B |
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| I long to be with thee but cannot tell how | F |
| Wert thou but the elder that grows by thy dairy | B |
| And I the blest woodbine to twine on the bough | F |
| I'd embrace thee and cling to thee ever my Mary | B |
John Clare
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