I Wish I Was By That Dim Lake Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDE FFGGHHII JJKKLLMM| I wish I was by that dim Lake | A |
| Where sinful souls their farewell take | A |
| Of this vain world and half way lie | B |
| In death's cold shadow ere they die | B |
| There there far from thee | C |
| Deceitful world my home should be | C |
| Where come what might of gloom and pain | D |
| False hope should n'er deceive again | E |
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| The lifeless sky the mournful sound | F |
| Of unseen waters falling round | F |
| The dry leaves quivering o'er my head | G |
| Like man unquiet even when dead | G |
| These ay these shall wean | H |
| My soul from life's deluding scene | H |
| And turn each thought o'ercharged with gloom | I |
| Like willows downward towards the tomb | I |
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| As they who to their couch at night | J |
| Would win repose first quench the light | J |
| So must the hopes that keep this breast | K |
| Awake be quench'd ere it can rest | K |
| Cold cold this heart must grow | L |
| Unmmoved by either joy or woe | L |
| Like freezing founts where all that's thrown | M |
| Within their current turns to stone | M |
Thomas Moore
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