Love Without Hope Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFGFHIJI KLMLNOPO LLHLQLRL STUTVLWL XYJYLMZM XHA2HB2C2B2C2| THEE glory of her charms I felt | A |
| And thro' my frame electric ran | B |
| What made my stubborn heart to melt | A |
| And feel as hearts of passion can | B |
| And from that hour her eyes of jet | C |
| And every trait and every hue | D |
| In her delightful being met | C |
| Pursues me and shall e'er pursue | D |
| - | |
| A vision bright a form of light | E |
| She glides before my inner eyes | F |
| And tho' anear she doth appear | G |
| In vain for her my bosom sighs | F |
| In vain in vain and woe and pain | H |
| Are mine and woe and pain alone | I |
| Another's arms must fold those charms | J |
| Which I would give a world to own | I |
| - | |
| Upon the block with nerve of rock | K |
| This hour would see my head reclined | L |
| Could this but show o'er all below | M |
| My image in her heart were shrined | L |
| Yes yes for this unequalled bliss | N |
| Upon the wings of rapture borne | O |
| My soul would cleave the air and leave | P |
| Her mortal bonds asunder torn | O |
| - | |
| A niche possessed within her breast | L |
| Ay more than life I'd value that | L |
| What were it then could I but strain | H |
| Her to my heart my own ay what | L |
| Entranced I feel my senses reel | Q |
| Up in a fiery whirlwind caught | L |
| Away fly they and leave me ay | R |
| Half frantic at the very thought | L |
| - | |
| What would I have what do I crave | S |
| What were a sin for me to touch | T |
| Yon radiant star that beams from far | U |
| Her lustre equals twenty such | T |
| She's past compare a jewel rare | V |
| Of value more than crowns can boast | L |
| Whilst I who sigh ah what am I | W |
| A wretch who merits scorn at most | L |
| - | |
| Far far above my worth and love | X |
| Is she and were she less divine | Y |
| Another's arms would fold her charms | J |
| And I were destined still to pine | Y |
| Thus double doomed to be consumed | L |
| By passion's raging fires I know | M |
| On earth a hell as fierce and fell | Z |
| As aught a future state could show | M |
| - | |
| Alas alas we seldom love | X |
| Where love may equal love obtain | H |
| Our idols in our fancy move | A2 |
| Fleet phantoms we may chase in vain | H |
| We either love what's little worth | B2 |
| And live to rue the sequel or | C2 |
| What never can be ours on earth | B2 |
| And so must evermore deplore | C2 |
Joseph Skipsey
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