Fanny, Dearest Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDFGHGH GHGHIJIKLMLM| Yes had I leisure to sigh and mourn | A |
| Fanny dearest for thee I'd sigh | B |
| And every smile on my cheek should turn | C |
| To tears when thou art nigh | B |
| But between love and wine and sleep | D |
| So busy a life I live | E |
| That even the time it would take to weep | D |
| Is more than my heart can give | F |
| Then bid me not to despair and pine | G |
| Fanny dearest of all the dears | H |
| The Love that's ordered to bathe in wine | G |
| Would be sure to take cold in tears | H |
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| Reflected bright in this heart of mine | G |
| Fanny dearest thy image lies | H |
| But ah the mirror would cease to shine | G |
| If dimmed too often with sighs | H |
| They lose the half of beauty's light | I |
| Who view it through sorrow's tear | J |
| And 'tis but to see thee truly bright | I |
| That I keep my eye beam clear | K |
| Then wait no longer till tears shall flow | L |
| Fanny dearest the hope is vain | M |
| If sunshine cannot dissolve thy snow | L |
| I shall never attempt it with rain | M |
Thomas Moore
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