Lying Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BBCC DDCCAAAAEEFFGGHHAAII JJCCKKLL| Che con le lor bugie pajon divini | A |
| MAURO D'ARCANO | A |
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| - | |
| I do confess in many a sigh | B |
| My lips have breathed you many a lie | B |
| And who with such delights in view | C |
| Would lose them for a lie or two | C |
| - | |
| Nay look not thus with brow reproving | D |
| Lies are my dear the soul of loving | D |
| If half we tell the girls were true | C |
| If half we swear to think and do | C |
| Were aught but lying's bright illusion | A |
| This world would be in strange confusion | A |
| If ladies' eyes were every one | A |
| As lovers swear a radiant sun | A |
| Astronomy must leave the skies | E |
| To learn her lore in ladies' eyes | E |
| Oh no believe me lovely girl | F |
| When nature turns your teeth to pearl | F |
| Your neck to snow your eyes to fire | G |
| Your amber locks to golden wire | G |
| Then only then can Heaven decree | H |
| That you should live for only me | H |
| Or I for you as night and morn | A |
| We've swearing kist and kissing sworn | A |
| And now my gentle hints to clear | I |
| For once I'll tell you truth my dear | I |
| Whenever you may chance to meet | J |
| Some loving youth whose love is sweet | J |
| Long as you're false and he believes you | C |
| Long as you trust and he deceives you | C |
| So long the blissful bond endures | K |
| And while he lies his heart is yours | K |
| But oh you've wholly lost the youth | L |
| The instant that he tells you truth | L |
Thomas Moore
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