The Two Loves Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAA BBB CCC DDD EEE FFF GHI JJK LLL MN| Smoothing soft the nestling head | A |
| Of a maiden fancy led | A |
| Thus a grave eyed woman said | A |
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| 'Richest gifts are those we make | B |
| Dearer than the love we take | B |
| That we give for love's own sake | B |
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| 'Well I know the heart's unrest | C |
| Mine has been the common quest | C |
| To be loved and therefore blest | C |
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| 'Favors undeserved were mine | D |
| At my feet as on a shrine | D |
| Love has laid its gifts divine | D |
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| 'Sweet the offerings seemed and yet | E |
| With their sweetness came regret | E |
| And a sense of unpaid debt | E |
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| 'Heart of mine unsatisfied | F |
| Was it vanity or pride | F |
| That a deeper joy denied | F |
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| 'Hands that ope but to receive | G |
| Empty close they only live | H |
| Richly who can richly give | I |
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| 'Still ' she sighed with moistening eyes | J |
| 'Love is sweet in any guise | J |
| But its best is sacrifice | K |
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| 'He who giving does not crave | L |
| Likest is to Him who gave | L |
| Life itself the loved to save | L |
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| 'Love that self forgetful gives | M |
| Sows surprise of ripened sheaves | N |
| Late or soon its own receives ' | - |
John Greenleaf Whittier
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