Palm Trees By The Sea Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCABC DEFDEF GHIGHI JKAJKA LMBLMB NCONCO PCQRCQ SACSAC ECSECS| Love let me thank you for this | A |
| Now we have drifted apart | B |
| Wandered away from the sea | C |
| For the fresh touch of your kiss | A |
| For the young warmth of your heart | B |
| For your youth given to me | C |
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| Thanks for the curls of your hair | D |
| Softer than silk to the hand | E |
| For the clear gaze of your eyes | F |
| For yourself delicate fair | D |
| Seen as you lay on the sand | E |
| Under the violet skies | F |
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| Thanks for the words that you said | G |
| Secretly tenderly sweet | H |
| All through the tropical day | I |
| Till when the sunset was red | G |
| I who lay still at your feet | H |
| Felt my life ebbing away | I |
| - | |
| Weary and worn with desire | J |
| Only yourself could console | K |
| Love let me thank you for this | A |
| For that fierce fervour and fire | J |
| Burnt through my lips to my soul | K |
| From the white heat of your kiss | A |
| - | |
| You were the essence of Spring | L |
| Wayward and bright as a flame | M |
| Though we have drifted apart | B |
| Still how the syllables sing | L |
| Mixed in your musical name | M |
| Deep in the well of my heart | B |
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| Once in the lingering light | N |
| Thrown from the west on the Sea | C |
| Laid you your garments aside | O |
| Slender and goldenly bright | N |
| Glimmered your beauty set free | C |
| Bright as a pearl in the tide | O |
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| Once ere the thrill of the dawn | P |
| Silvered the edge of the sea | C |
| I who lay watching you rest | Q |
| Pale in the chill of the morn | R |
| Found you still dreaming of me | C |
| Stilled by love's fancies possessed | Q |
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| Fallen on sorrowful days | S |
| Love let me thank you for this | A |
| You were so happy with me | C |
| Wrapped in Youth's roseate haze | S |
| Wanting no more than my kiss | A |
| By the blue edge of the sea | C |
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| Ah for those nights on the sand | E |
| Under the palms by the sea | C |
| For the strange dream of those days | S |
| Spent in the passionate land | E |
| For your youth given to me | C |
| I am your debtor always | S |
Laurence Hope (adela Florence Cory Nicolson)
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