Quantum Est Quod Desit Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCB DDBE B FFBGHB| 'Twas a new feeling something more | A |
| Than we had dar'd to own before | A |
| Which then we hid not | B |
| We saw it in each other's eye | C |
| And wish'd in every broken sigh | C |
| To speak but did not | B |
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| She felt my lips' impassion'd touch | D |
| 'Twas the first time I dar'd so much | D |
| And yet she chid not | B |
| But whisper'd o'er my burning brow | E |
| 'Oh do you doubt I love you now ' | - |
| Sweet soul I did not | B |
| - | |
| Warmly I felt her bosom thrill | F |
| I prest it closer closer still | F |
| Though gently bid not | B |
| Till oh the world hath seldom heard | G |
| Of lovers who so nearly err'd | H |
| And yet who did not | B |
Thomas Moore
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