My Desire Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGF HIJI KCLC MNON PQRQ STUT VWXW EFVF| Fate has given me many a gift | A |
| To which men most aspire | B |
| Lovely precious and costly things | C |
| But not my heart's desire | D |
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| Many a man has a secret dream | E |
| Of where his soul would be | F |
| Mine is a low verandah'd house | G |
| In a tope beside the sea | F |
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| Over the roof tall palms should wave | H |
| Swaying from side to side | I |
| Every night we should fall asleep | J |
| To the rhythm of the tide | I |
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| The dawn should be gay with song of birds | K |
| And the stir of fluttering wings | C |
| Surely the joy of life is hid | L |
| In simple and tender things | C |
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| At eve the waves would shimmer with gold | M |
| In the rosy sunset rays | N |
| Emerald velvet flats of rice | O |
| Would rest the landward gaze | N |
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| A boat must rock at the laterite steps | P |
| In a reef protected pool | Q |
| For we should sail through the starlit night | R |
| When the winds were calm and cool | Q |
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| I am so tired of all this world | S |
| Its folly and fret and care | T |
| Find me a little scented home | U |
| Amongst thy loosened hair | T |
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| Give me a soft and secret place | V |
| Against thine amber breast | W |
| Where hidden away from all mankind | X |
| My soul may come to rest | W |
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| Many a man has a secret dream | E |
| Of where his life might be | F |
| Mine is a lovely lonely place | V |
| With sunshine and the sea | F |
Laurence Hope (adela Florence Cory Nicolson)
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