The Desk's Dry Wood Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDDEFGHIEJKJJDDJL MNONPPPJQQJ RSMR| TO JAMES WELCH | A |
| - | |
| Dear Desk Farewell I spoke you oft | B |
| In phrases neither sweet nor soft | C |
| But at the end I come to see | D |
| That thou a friend hast been to me | D |
| No flatterer but very friend | E |
| For who shall teach so well again | F |
| The blessed lesson book of pain | G |
| The truth that souls that would aspire | H |
| Must bravely face the scourge and fire | I |
| If they would conquer in the end | E |
| Two days | J |
| Shall I not hug thee very close | K |
| Two days | J |
| And then we part upon our ways | J |
| Ah me | D |
| Who shall possess thee after me | D |
| O pray he be no enemy to poesy | J |
| To gentle maid or gentle dream | L |
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| How have we dreamed together I and thou | M |
| Sweet dreams that like some incense wrapt us round | N |
| The last new book the last new love | O |
| The last new trysting ground | N |
| How many queens have ruled and passed | P |
| Since first we met how thick and fast | P |
| The letters used to come at first how thin at last | P |
| Then ceased and winter for a space | J |
| Until another hand | Q |
| Brought spring into the land | Q |
| And went the seasons' pace | J |
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| And now Dear Desk thou knowest for how long time | R |
| I have no queen but song | S |
| Yea thou hast seen the last love fade and now | M |
| Behold the last of many a secret rhyme | R |
Richard Le Gallienne
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