Good Night. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJKJ LBLB| O slumber on untaught to feel | A |
| The weight of care and sorrow's blight | B |
| Here have I often loved to steal | A |
| And o'er thee breathe a soft good night | B |
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| And gentle as thy beauty's ray | C |
| Be all the visions of thy dreams | D |
| Thy years be joyous as to day | C |
| And life be always what it seems | D |
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| Ah may it ne'er be thine to know | E |
| The sleepless eye the tossing head | F |
| May He above ordain it so | E |
| And guardian angels shield thy bed | F |
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| Now o'er thy cheek the smile betrays | G |
| Some sweetness in thy dreaming eye | H |
| Alas that thou must wake and gaze | G |
| On things that cause thy breast a sigh | H |
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| So placid is thy pillow here | I |
| 'Tis sweet indeed to know thy peace | J |
| To smoothe thy locks and drop a tear | K |
| To clasp a hand I must release | J |
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| Ah dost thou dream of me we part | L |
| While summer tints thy childhood's light | B |
| I leave thee with an aching heart | L |
| While angels sing Good night Good night | B |
Lennox Amott
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