Farewell! -- But Whenever You Welcome The Hour Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCBB DDEEFFGH IIJJKKLL| Farewell but whenever you welcome the hour | A |
| That awakens the night song of mirth in your bower | A |
| Then think of the friend who once welcomed it too | B |
| And forgot his own griefs to be happy with you | B |
| His griefs may return not a hope may remain | C |
| Of the few that have brighten'd his pathway of pain | C |
| But he ne'er will forget the short vision that threw | B |
| Its enchantment around him while lingering with you | B |
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| And still on that evening when pleasure fills up | D |
| To the highest top sparkle each heart and each cup | D |
| Where'er my path lies be it gloomy or bright | E |
| My soul happy friends shall be with you that night | E |
| Shall join in your revels your sports and your wiles | F |
| And return to me beaming all o'er with your smiles | F |
| Too blest if it tells me that 'mid the gay cheer | G |
| Some kind voice has murmur'd I wish he were here | H |
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| Let Fate do her worst there are relics of joy | I |
| Bright dreams of the past which she cannot destroy | I |
| Which come in the night time of sorrow and care | J |
| And bring back the features that joy used to wear | J |
| Long long be my heart with such memories fill'd | K |
| Like the vase in which roses have once been distill'd | K |
| You may break you may shatter the vase if you will | L |
| But the scent of the roses will hang round it still | L |
Thomas Moore
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