Love's Prayer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABA CDCDC EFEFE GBGBG HIHIH| If Heaven would hear my prayer | A |
| My dearest wish would be | B |
| Thy sorrows not to share | A |
| But take them all on me | B |
| If Heaven would hear my prayer | A |
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| I'd beg with prayers and sighs | C |
| That never a tear might flow | D |
| From out thy lovely eyes | C |
| If Heaven might grant it so | D |
| Mine be the tears and sighs | C |
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| No cloud thy brow should cover | E |
| But smiles each other chase | F |
| From lips to eyes all over | E |
| Thy sweet and sunny face | F |
| The clouds my heart should cover | E |
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| That all thy path be light | G |
| Let darkness fall on me | B |
| If all thy days be bright | G |
| Mine black as night could be | B |
| My love would light my night | G |
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| For thou art more than life | H |
| And if our fate should set | I |
| Life and my love at strife | H |
| How could I then forget | I |
| I love thee more than life | H |
John Hay
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