Love's Wisdom Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDECC FGFGCC| Sometimes my idle heart would roam | A |
| Far from its quiet happy nest | B |
| To seek some other newer home | A |
| Some unaccustomed Best | B |
| But ere it spreads its foolish wings | C |
| 'Heart stay at home be wise ' Love's wisdom sings | C |
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| Sometimes my idle heart would sail | D |
| From out its quiet sheltered bay | E |
| To tempt a less pacific gale | D |
| And oceans far away | E |
| But ere it shakes its foolish wings | C |
| 'Heart stay at home be wise ' Love's wisdom sings | C |
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| Sometimes my idle heart would fly | F |
| Mothlike to reach some shining sin | G |
| It seems so sweet to burn and die | F |
| That wondrous light within | G |
| But ere it burns its foolish wings | C |
| 'Heart stay at home be wise ' Love's wisdom sings | C |
Richard Le Gallienne
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