Dreams. To ... ... Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB ADCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KGKG LMNM OGOG PQPQ RSTS| In slumber I prithee how is it | A |
| That souls are oft taking the air | B |
| And paying each other a visit | C |
| While bodies are heaven knows where | B |
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| Last night 'tis in vain to deny it | A |
| Your soul took a fancy to roam | D |
| For I heard her on tiptoe so quiet | C |
| Come ask whether mine was at home | D |
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| And mine let her in with delight | E |
| And they talked and they laughed the time through | F |
| For when souls come together at night | E |
| There is no saying what they mayn't do | F |
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| And your little Soul heaven bless her | G |
| Had much to complain and to say | H |
| Of how sadly you wrong and oppress her | G |
| By keeping her prisoned all day | H |
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| If I happen said she but to steal | I |
| For a peep now and then to her eye | J |
| Or to quiet the fever I feel | I |
| Just venture abroad on a sigh | J |
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| In an instant she frightens me in | K |
| With some phantom of prudence or terror | G |
| For fear I should stray into sin | K |
| Or what is still worse into error | G |
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| So instead of displaying my graces | L |
| By daylight in language and mien | M |
| I am shut up in corners and places | N |
| Where truly I blush to be seen | M |
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| Upon hearing this piteous confession | O |
| My Soul looking tenderly at her | G |
| Declared as for grace and discretion | O |
| He did not know much of the matter | G |
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| But to morrow sweet Spirit he said | P |
| Be at home after midnight and then | Q |
| I will come when your lady's in bed | P |
| And we'll talk o'er the subject again | Q |
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| So she whispered a word in his ear | R |
| I suppose to her door to direct him | S |
| And just after midnight my dear | T |
| Your polite little Soul may expect him | S |
Thomas Moore
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