The Warning Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCBCB CDCDCDCD CECFCGCG| When the eye whose kind beam was the beacon of gladness | A |
| From the glance of a lover turns coldly away | B |
| O'er the bright sun of hope float the dark clouds of sadness | A |
| And youth's lovely visions recede with the ray | B |
| Oh turn not where pleasure's wild meteor is beaming | C |
| And night's dreary shades wear the splendour of day | B |
| To the rich festive board where the red wine is streaming | C |
| Can the dance and the song disappointment allay | B |
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| Oh heed not the Syren for virtue is weeping | C |
| Where passion is struggling her victim to chain | D |
| And Conscience deep drugged in her soft lap is sleeping | C |
| Till startled by memory and quickened by pain | D |
| Oh heed not the minstrel when music is breathing | C |
| In the cold ear of fashion his heart searching strain | D |
| And pluck not the rose round Love's diadem wreathing | C |
| The garland by beauty is woven in vain | D |
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| The pleasures of life like its moments are fleeting | C |
| Oh let not its trifles your firm purpose move | E |
| But think as those moments are slowly retreating | C |
| How feebly against its enchantments you strove | F |
| Then turn from the world and its follies forsaking | C |
| Raise your eyes to the day star of gladness above | G |
| There's a balm for each wound though the fond heart is breaking | C |
| A Leth divine in the fountain of Love | G |
Susanna Moodie
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