O'donohue's Mistress Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCB DDBEEB FFBGGB DDBDDB HHBIIB| Of all the fair months that round the sun | A |
| In light link'd dance their circles run | A |
| Sweet May shine thou for me | B |
| For still when thy earliest beams arise | C |
| That youth who beneath the blue lake lies | C |
| Sweet May returns to me | B |
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| Of all the bright haunts where daylight leaves | D |
| Its lingering smile on golden eves | D |
| Fair lake thou'rt dearest to me | B |
| For when the last April sun grows dim | E |
| Thy Naiads prepare his steed for him | E |
| Who dwells bright lake in thee | B |
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| Of all the proud steeds that ever bore | F |
| Young plumed Chiefs on sea or shore | F |
| White Steed most joy to thee | B |
| Who still with the first young glance of spring | G |
| From under that glorious lake dost bring | G |
| My love my chief to me | B |
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| While white as the sail some bark unfurls | D |
| When newly launch'd thy long mane curls | D |
| Fair Steed as white and free | B |
| And spirits from all the lake's deep bowers | D |
| Glide o'er the blue wave scattering flowers | D |
| Around my love and thee | B |
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| Of all the sweet deaths that maidens die | H |
| Whose lovers beneath the cold wave lie | H |
| Most sweet that death will be | B |
| Which under the next May evening's light | I |
| When thou and thy steed are lost to sight | I |
| Dear love I'll die for thee | B |
Thomas Moore
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