If Thou Wouldst Have Me Sing And Play Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEGHIHI ABABJKLK MNMNABAB| If thou wouldst have me sing and play | A |
| As once I played and sung | B |
| First take this time worn lute away | A |
| And bring one freshly strung | B |
| Call back the time when pleasure's sigh | C |
| First breathed among the strings | D |
| And Time himself in flitting by | C |
| Made music with his wings | D |
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| But how is this tho' new the lute | E |
| And shining fresh the chords | F |
| Beneath this hand they slumber mute | E |
| Or speak but dreamy words | G |
| In vain I seek the soul that dwelt | H |
| Within that once sweet shell | I |
| Which told so warmly what it felt | H |
| And felt what naught could tell | I |
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| Oh ask not then for passion's lay | A |
| From lyre so coldly strung | B |
| With this I ne'er can sing or play | A |
| As once I played and sung | B |
| No bring that long loved lute again | J |
| Tho' chilled by years it be | K |
| If thou wilt call the slumbering strain | L |
| 'Twill wake again for thee | K |
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| Tho' time have frozen the tuneful stream | M |
| Of thoughts that gushed along | N |
| One look from thee like summer's beam | M |
| Will thaw them into song | N |
| Then give oh give that wakening ray | A |
| And once more blithe and young | B |
| Thy bard again will sing and play | A |
| As once he played and sung | B |
Thomas Moore
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