To Lucasta, Going Beyond The Seas Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDD EEFFGH IIJJKK LLMMNN| If to be absent were to be | A |
| Away from thee | A |
| Or that when I am gone | B |
| You or I were alone mdash | C |
| Then my Lucasta might I crave | D |
| Pity from blust'ring wind or swallowing wave | D |
| - | |
| But I'll not sigh one blast or gale | E |
| To swell my sail | E |
| Or pay a tear to 'suage | F |
| The foaming blue god's rage | F |
| For whether he will let me pass | G |
| Or no I'm still as happy as I was | H |
| - | |
| Though seas and land betwixt us both | I |
| Our faith and troth | I |
| Like separated souls | J |
| All time and space controls | J |
| Above the highest sphere we meet | K |
| Unseen unknown and greet as angels greet | K |
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| So then we do anticipate | L |
| Our after fate | L |
| And are alive i'th' skies | M |
| If thus our lips and eyes | M |
| Can speak like spirits unconfined | N |
| In Heaven their earthy bodies left behind | N |
Richard Lovelace
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To Lucasta, Going Beyond The Seas is a poem by Richard Lovelace. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.