Elegiac Stanzas Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDE FGFG| Sic juvat perire | A |
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| When wearied wretches sink to sleep | B |
| How heavenly soft their slumbers lie | C |
| How sweet is death to those who weep | B |
| To those who weep and long to die | C |
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| Saw you the soft and grassy bed | D |
| Where flowrets deck the green earth's breast | E |
| 'Tis there I wish to lay my head | D |
| 'Tis there I wish to sleep at rest | E |
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| Oh let not tears embalm my tomb | F |
| None but the dews at twilight given | G |
| Oh let not sighs disturb the gloom | F |
| None but the whispering winds of heaven | G |
Thomas Moore
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