A Sunset Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEG HIHI JKJK LDLD MBMB NENE OGOF PQPQ LRLR STST ULUL| Oh come said I unto my love | A |
| And let us view the setting sun | B |
| And watch the fleeting clouds above | A |
| So brightly color'd ev'ry one | B |
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| Thus lightly to my love I spake | C |
| And she responded lightly too | D |
| And by my side her place did take | C |
| Her young heart gladden'd by the view | D |
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| I walk'd along she tripp'd beside | E |
| Short was the time until we stood | F |
| Above the rolling glassy tide | E |
| Above old Huron's mighty flood | G |
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| Oh see said I the glorious sight | H |
| Now spread before our favor'd gaze | I |
| The clouds all flame the sea all light | H |
| The sun one grand terrific blaze | I |
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| E'en such a time and such a scene | J |
| Could not love's gentle pow'r dispel | K |
| I saw my love's grave thoughtful mien | J |
| I turn'd and said your thoughts pray tell | K |
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| My thoughts Oh yes since you request | L |
| My thoughts were centr'd all in you | D |
| As chang'd my gaze from crest to crest | L |
| Across the glassy ocean's blue | D |
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| And as I saw the waters shine | M |
| With polish'd splendor from the sun | B |
| Thus gleam'd I thought this love of mine | M |
| Thus shall it gleam till life is done | B |
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| And as I saw the bars of gold | N |
| And clouds with crimson deeply dy'd | E |
| Your love I thought was wealth untold | N |
| And my heart's blood your crimson tide | E |
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| And yours I said your love to me | O |
| Is one great shining glassy flood | G |
| Your face reflected there I see | O |
| So beautiful so bright and good | F |
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| My nature glows at thy dear name | P |
| With deep red heat like yonder ball | Q |
| It shines with constant ruddy flame | P |
| It shines for you but tinges all | Q |
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| But see the sun has sunk to rest | L |
| As if beneath the distant wave | R |
| But still the colors in the west | L |
| Show that he still shines from his grave | R |
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| And thus my love when I shall sink | S |
| Into the dark and dread Unknown | T |
| 'Tis surely just for us to think | S |
| Some rays shall shine for thee alone | T |
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| And if it be my fate to stay | U |
| While thou shalt calmly sink to rest | L |
| 'Tis surely right for me to say | U |
| Some light from thee shall cheer my breast | L |
Thomas Frederick Young
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