Song: Tis Not The Beam Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCACA DDEEFGFG HHIIJKJK| 'Tis not the beam of her bright blue eye | A |
| Nor the smile of her lip of rosy dye | A |
| Nor the dark brown wreaths of her glossy hair | B |
| Nor her changing cheek so rich and rare | B |
| Oh these are the sweets of a fairy dream | C |
| The changing hues of an April sky | A |
| They fade like dew in the morning beam | C |
| Or the passing zephyr's odour'd sigh | A |
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| 'Tis a dearer spell that bids me kneel | D |
| 'Tis the heart to love and the soul to feel | D |
| 'Tis the mind of light and the spirit free | E |
| And the bosom that heaves alone for me | E |
| Oh these are the sweets that kindly stay | F |
| From youth's gay morning to age's night | G |
| When beauty's rainbow tints decay | F |
| Love's torch still burns with a holy light | G |
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| Soon will the bloom of the fairest fade | H |
| And love will droop in the cheerless shade | H |
| Or if tears should fall on his wing of joy | I |
| It will hasten the flight of the laughing boy | I |
| But oh the light of the constant soul | J |
| Nor time can darken nor sorrow dim | K |
| Though woe may weep in life's mingled bowl | J |
| Love still shall hover around its brim | K |
Joseph Rodman Drake
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