Oh, Guard Our Affection Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCBB DDBB| Oh guard our affection nor e'er let it feel | A |
| The blight that this world o'er the warmest will steal | A |
| While the faith of all round us is fading or past | B |
| Let ours ever green keep its bloom to the last | B |
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| Far safer for Love 'tis to wake and to weep | C |
| As he used in his prime than go smiling to sleep | C |
| For death on his slumber cold death follows fast | B |
| White the love that is wakeful lives on to the last | B |
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| And tho' as Time gathers his clouds o'er our head | D |
| A shade somewhat darker o'er life they may spread | D |
| Transparent at least be the shadow they cast | B |
| So that Love's softened light may shine thro' to the last | B |
Thomas Moore
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