A Swain To His Sweetheart Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFGH IJIK KLML NONO| What subtle charm is in thy voice | A |
| That ever when I hear its tone | B |
| My heart doth pleasantly rejoice | A |
| And fondly turns to thee alone | B |
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| The mem'ries of a toilsome life | C |
| Are banish'd by its potent spell | D |
| And earthly care and earthly strife | C |
| No whisper'd sorrows dare to tell | D |
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| Where hope had fled new hope inspires | E |
| Comes life where lately life had gone | F |
| New purposes my bosom fires | G |
| To battle hard and bravely on | H |
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| What charm dwells in thine eye of blue | I |
| That thus by its magnetic pow'r | J |
| The world to me hath brighter hue | I |
| And happier grows each passing hour | K |
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| With virtuous thought and pure desire | K |
| Thine eyes look forth from lofty soul | L |
| Contagious then my thoughts aspire | M |
| To reach with thee thy lofty goal | L |
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| Thine eyes contemptuously look down | N |
| On all that's sordid mean and low | O |
| Around thy head is virtue's crown | N |
| About the feet is virtue's snow | O |
Thomas Frederick Young
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