Lying Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BBCC DDCCAAAAEEFFGGHHAAII JJCCKKLLChe 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 |
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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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