Lilly-white Hand Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CADA AEAE FGFG AHAI JKJK LJLJ| Place thy lilly white hand in mine | A |
| Maid with the wealth of golden hair | B |
| Tresses that gleaming like gold entwine | A |
| Round about a sweet face so fair | B |
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| Sweetheart oh whisper once more the words | C |
| That came from those coral lips of thine | A |
| And bound thee to me by those silken cords | D |
| And place thy lilly white hand in mine | A |
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| Place thy lilly white hand in mine | A |
| That its gentle pressure may tell my heart | E |
| That the idol round which I had reared a shrine | A |
| Is mine mine never from me to part | E |
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| Sweetest and fairest of woman kind | F |
| Gentlest kindest lovingest best | G |
| Virtues with beauties are so combined | F |
| That manhood pays homage at love's behest | G |
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| Place thy lilly white hand in mine | A |
| Let its velvet touch on my horny palm | H |
| Comfort encourage embolden refine | A |
| This grosser clay by its subtle charm | I |
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| Long as life lasts let me clasp thy hand | J |
| As a pledge of our oneness existing now | K |
| And when I depart for the better land | J |
| Let it rest for a while on my death cold brow | K |
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| Falsehood treachery sickness pain | L |
| I have endured yet hopefully stand | J |
| Strong in the thought I have lived not in vain | L |
| Had I won but this treasure this lilly white hand | J |
John Hartley
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