The Legacy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEDE FGHGIJIJ JKJKFLFL| When in death I shall calmly recline | A |
| O bear my heart to my mistress dear | B |
| Tell her it lived upon smiles and wine | A |
| Of the brightest hue while it linger'd here | C |
| Bid her not shed one tear of sorrow | D |
| To sully a heart so brilliant and light | E |
| But balmy drops of the red grape borrow | D |
| To bathe the relic from morn till night | E |
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| When the light of my song is o'er | F |
| Then take my harp to your ancient hall | G |
| Hang it up at that friendly door | H |
| Where weary travellers love to call | G |
| Then if some bard who roams forsaken | I |
| Revive its soft note in passing along | J |
| Oh let one thought of its master waken | I |
| Your warmest smile for the child of song | J |
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| Keep this cup which is now o'erflowing | J |
| To grace your revel when I'm at rest | K |
| Never oh never its balm bestowing | J |
| On lips that beauty hath seldom blest | K |
| But when some warm devoted lover | F |
| To her he adores shall bathe its brim | L |
| Then then my spirit around shall hover | F |
| And hallow each drop that foams for him | L |
Thomas Moore
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