Odes Of Anacreon - Ode Xxix. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDDEEFFGGHHIIJJKK LL| Yes loving is a painful thrill | A |
| And not to love more painful still | A |
| But oh it is the worst of pain | B |
| To love and not be loved again | C |
| Affection now has fled from earth | D |
| Nor fire of genius noble birth | D |
| Nor heavenly virtue can beguile | E |
| From beauty's cheek one favoring smile | E |
| Gold is the woman's only theme | F |
| Gold is the woman's only dream | F |
| Oh never be that wretch forgiven | G |
| Forgive him not indignant heaven | G |
| Whose grovelling eyes could first adore | H |
| Whose heart could pant for sordid ore | H |
| Since that devoted thirst began | I |
| Man has forgot to feel for man | I |
| The pulse of social life is dead | J |
| And all its fonder feelings fled | J |
| War too has sullied Nature's charms | K |
| For gold provokes the world to arms | K |
| And oh the worst of all its arts | L |
| It renders asunder loving hearts | L |
Thomas Moore
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