Cor Cordium Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDCD EFFEGG HHIIJJ C KKK LLMMNN O| To My Wife Mildred | A |
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| Dear wife there is no word in all my songs | B |
| But unto thee belongs | B |
| Though I indeed before our true day came | C |
| Mistook thy star in many a wandering flame | C |
| Singing to thee in many a fair disguise | D |
| Calling to thee in many another's name | C |
| Before I knew thine everlasting eyes | D |
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| Faces that fled me like a hunted fawn | E |
| I followed singing deeming it was Thou | F |
| Seeking this face that on our pillow now | F |
| Glimmers behind thy golden hair like dawn | E |
| And like a setting moon within my breast | G |
| Sinks down each night to rest | G |
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| Moon follows moon before the great moon flowers | H |
| Moon of the wild wild honey that is ours | H |
| Long must the tree strive up in leaf and root | I |
| Before it bear the golden hearted fruit | I |
| And shall great Love at once perfected spring | J |
| Nor grow by steps like any other thing | J |
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| COR CORDIUM | C |
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| The lawless love that would not be denied | K |
| The love that waited and in waiting died | K |
| The love that met and mated satisfied | K |
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| Ah love 'twas good to climb forbidden walls | L |
| Who would not follow where his Juliet calls | L |
| 'Twas good to try and love the angel's way | M |
| With starry souls untainted of the clay | M |
| But best the love where earth and heaven meet | N |
| The god made flesh and dwelling in us sweet | N |
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| October | O |
Richard Le Gallienne
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