Quick! We Have But A Second Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCEABAB FGHGIBIBABABQuick 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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