Fair Ines Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDBEB AFGFHFEF AIJIKLMI ANMNONPN AQRQSQTQ ANUNHNVNO saw ye not fair Ines | A |
She 's gone into the West | B |
To dazzle when the sun is down | C |
And rob the world of rest | B |
She took our daylight with her | D |
The smiles that we love best | B |
With morning blushes on her cheek | E |
And pearls upon her breast | B |
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O turn again fair Ines | A |
Before the fall of night | F |
For fear the Moon should shine alone | G |
And stars unrivall'd bright | F |
And bless egrave d will the lover be | H |
That walks beneath their light | F |
And breathes the love against thy cheek | E |
I dare not even write | F |
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Would I had been fair Ines | A |
That gallant cavalier | I |
Who rode so gaily by thy side | J |
And whisper'd thee so near | I |
Were there no bonny dames at home | K |
Or no true lovers here | L |
That he should cross the seas to win | M |
The dearest of the dear | I |
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I saw thee lovely Ines | A |
Descend along the shore | N |
With bands of noble gentlemen | M |
And banners waved before | N |
And gentle youth and maidens gay | O |
And snowy plumes they wore | N |
It would have been a beauteous dream | P |
If it had been no more | N |
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Alas alas fair Ines | A |
She went away with song | Q |
With Music waiting on her steps | R |
And shoutings of the throng | Q |
But some were sad and felt no mirth | S |
But only Music's wrong | Q |
In sounds that sang Farewell farewell | T |
To her you've loved so long | Q |
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Farewell farewell fair Ines | A |
That vessel never bore | N |
So fair a lady on its deck | U |
Nor danced so light before | N |
Alas for pleasure on the sea | H |
And sorrow on the shore | N |
The smile that bless'd one lover's heart | V |
Has broken many more | N |
Thomas Hood
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