Le Balcon Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDCB EFEFE GEGEG HFIFH JFKFJ LFMFL| Mere des souvenirs mattresses des mattresses | A |
| Mother of Memories O mistress queen | B |
| Oh all my joy and all my duty thou | C |
| The beauty of caresses that have been | D |
| The evenings and the hearth remember now | C |
| Mother of Memories O mistress queen | B |
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| The evenings burning with the glowing fire | E |
| And on the balcony the rose stained nights | F |
| How sweet how kind you were my soul's desire | E |
| We said things wonderful as chrysolites | F |
| When evening burned beside the glowing fire | E |
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| How fair the Sun is in the evening | G |
| How strong the soul how high the heaven's high tower | E |
| O first and last of every worshipped thing | G |
| Your odorous heart's blood filled me like a flower | E |
| How fair the sun is in the evening | G |
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| The night grew deep between us like a pall | H |
| And in the dark I guessed your shining eyes | F |
| And drank your breath O sweet O honey gall | I |
| Your little feet slept on me sister wise | F |
| The night grew deep between us like a pall | H |
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| I can call back the days desirable | J |
| And live all bliss again between your knees | F |
| For where else can I find that magic spell | K |
| Save in your heart and in your Mysteries | F |
| I can call back the days desirable | J |
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| These vows these scents these kisses infinite | L |
| Will they like young suns climbing up the skies | F |
| Rise up from some unfathomable pit | M |
| Washed in the sea from all impurities | F |
| O vows O scents O kisses infinite | L |
Lord Alfred Douglas
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