Quick! We Have But A Second Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCEABAB FGHGIBIBABAB| Quick we have but a second | A |
| Fill round the cup while you may | B |
| For time the churl hath beckon'd | A |
| And we must away away | B |
| Grasp the pleasure that's flying | C |
| For oh not Orpheus' strain | D |
| Could keep sweet hours from dying | C |
| Or charm them to life again | E |
| Then quick we have but a second | A |
| Fill round the cup while you may | B |
| For Time the churl hath beckon'd | A |
| And we must away away | B |
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| See the glass how it flushes | F |
| Like some young Hebe's lip | G |
| And half meets thine and blushes | H |
| That thou shouldst delay to sip | G |
| Shame oh shame unto thee | I |
| If ever thou see'st that day | B |
| When a cup or lip shall woo thee | I |
| And turn untouch'd away | B |
| Then quick we have but a second | A |
| Fill round fill round while you may | B |
| For Time the churl hath beckon'd | A |
| And we must away away | B |
Thomas Moore
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