Scepticism Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFGF HIHI JKJK LMLM NONF BKBK PQPQ| Ere Psyche drank the cup that shed | A |
| Immortal Life into her soul | B |
| Some evil spirit poured 'tis said | A |
| One drop of Doubt into the bowl | B |
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| Which mingling darkly with the stream | C |
| To Psyche's lips she knew not why | D |
| Made even that blessed nectar seem | C |
| As tho' its sweetness soon would die | D |
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| Oft in the very arms of Love | E |
| A chill came o'er her heart a fear | F |
| That Death might even yet remove | G |
| Her spirit from that happy sphere | F |
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| Those sunny ringlets she exclaimed | H |
| Twining them round her snowy fingers | I |
| That forehead where a light unnamed | H |
| Unknown on earth for ever lingers | I |
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| Those lips thro' which I feel the breath | J |
| Of Heaven itself whene'er they sever | K |
| Say are they mine beyond all death | J |
| My own hereafter and for ever | K |
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| Smile not I know that starry brow | L |
| Those ringlets and bright lips of thine | M |
| Will always shine as they do now | L |
| But shall I live to see them shine | M |
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| In vain did Love say Turn thine eyes | N |
| On all that sparkles round thee here | O |
| Thou'rt now in heaven where nothing dies | N |
| And in these arms what canst thou fear | F |
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| In vain the fatal drop that stole | B |
| Into that cup's immortal treasure | K |
| Had lodged its bitter near her soul | B |
| And gave a tinge to every pleasure | K |
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| And tho' there ne'er was transport given | P |
| Like Psyche's with that radiant boy | Q |
| Here is the only face in heaven | P |
| That wears a cloud amid its joy | Q |
Thomas Moore
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