Song: Rarely, Rarely, Comest Thou Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDFGG HIHIJK DLDLCC CCCCMM NCNCDD CDCDOO PDPDQRRarely rarely comest thou | A |
Spirit of Delight | B |
Wherefore hast thou left me now | A |
Many a day and night | B |
Many a weary night and day | C |
'Tis since thou are fled away | C |
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How shall ever one like me | D |
Win thee back again | E |
With the joyous and the free | D |
Thou wilt scoff at pain | F |
Spirit false thou hast forgot | G |
All but those who need thee not | G |
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As a lizard with the shade | H |
Of a trembling leaf | I |
Thou with sorrow art dismay'd | H |
Even the sighs of grief | I |
Reproach thee that thou art not near | J |
And reproach thou wilt not hear | K |
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Let me set my mournful ditty | D |
To a merry measure | L |
Thou wilt never come for pity | D |
Thou wilt come for pleasure | L |
Pity then will cut away | C |
Those cruel wings and thou wilt stay | C |
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I love all that thou lovest | C |
Spirit of Delight | C |
The fresh Earth in new leaves dress'd | C |
And the starry night | C |
Autumn evening and the morn | M |
When the golden mists are born | M |
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I love snow and all the forms | N |
Of the radiant frost | C |
I love waves and winds and storms | N |
Everything almost | C |
Which is Nature's and may be | D |
Untainted by man's misery | D |
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I love tranquil solitude | C |
And such society | D |
As is quiet wise and good | C |
Between thee and me | D |
What difference but thou dost possess | O |
The things I seek not love them less | O |
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I love Love though he has wings | P |
And like light can flee | D |
But above all other things | P |
Spirit I love thee | D |
Thou art love and life Oh come | Q |
Make once more my heart thy home | R |
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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