To-day Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDCC BBBEEEC FBFGGGC CBCCCCC ABABBBC| The sun will set at day's decline | A |
| Qu'importe | B |
| Quaff off meanwhile life's sparkling wine | A |
| Of what avail are mournful fears | C |
| Foreboding sighs and idle tears | D |
| They hinder not the hurrying years | C |
| Buvons | C |
| - | |
| This fleeting hour will soon be past | B |
| Qu'importe | B |
| Enrich its moments while they last | B |
| To day is ours be ours its joy | E |
| Let not to morrow's cares annoy | E |
| Enough the present to employ | E |
| Vivons | C |
| - | |
| These pleasures will not come again | F |
| Qu'importe | B |
| Enjoy their keenest transport then | F |
| If but of these we are secure | G |
| Be of their sweetness doubly sure | G |
| That long their memory may endure | G |
| Rions | C |
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| With time love's ardor always cools | C |
| Qu'importe | B |
| Leave that lugubrious chant to fools | C |
| Must doubt destroy our present bliss | C |
| Shall we through fear love's rapture miss | C |
| Or lose the honey of its kiss | C |
| Aimons | C |
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| The sun will set at day's decline | A |
| Qu'importe | B |
| Will not the eternal stars still shine | A |
| So even in life's darkest night | B |
| A thousand quenchless suns are bright | B |
| Blest souvenirs of past delight | B |
| Allons | C |
John L. Stoddard
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