I Saw Thy Form In Youthful Prime Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEDC FGFCHIHC JKJCLCLC| I saw thy form in youthful prime | A |
| Nor thought that pale decay | B |
| Would steal before the steps of Time | A |
| And waste its bloom away Mary | C |
| Yet still thy features wore that light | D |
| Which fleets not with the breath | E |
| And life ne'er look'd more truly bright | D |
| Than in thy smile of death Mary | C |
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| As streams that run o'er golden mines | F |
| Yet humbly calmly glide | G |
| Nor seem to know the wealth that shines | F |
| Within their gentle tide Mary | C |
| So veil'd beneath the simplest guise | H |
| Thy radiant genius shone | I |
| And that which charm'd all other eyes | H |
| Seem'd worthless in thy own Mary | C |
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| If souls could always dwell above | J |
| Thou ne'er hadst left that sphere | K |
| Or could we keep the souls we love | J |
| We ne'er had lost thee here Mary | C |
| Though many a gifted mind we meet | L |
| Though fairest forms we see | C |
| To live with them is far less sweet | L |
| Than to remember thee Mary | C |
Thomas Moore
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