The Two Loves Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCED FGFGHIJED KLKMNDNED OPOPQRQER SSSSTRTUR| There are two Loves the poet sings | A |
| Both born of Beauty at a birth | B |
| The one akin to heaven hath wings | A |
| The other earthly walks on earth | B |
| With this thro' bowers below we play | C |
| With that thro' clouds above we soar | D |
| With both perchance may lose our way | C |
| Then tell me which | E |
| Tell me which shall we adore | D |
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| The one when tempted down from air | F |
| At Pleasure's fount to lave his lip | G |
| Nor lingers long nor oft will dare | F |
| His wing within the wave to dip | G |
| While plunging deep and long beneath | H |
| The other bathes him o'er and o'er | I |
| In that sweet current even to death | J |
| Then tell me which | E |
| Tell me which shall we adore | D |
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| The boy of heaven even while he lies | K |
| In Beauty's lap recalls his home | L |
| And when most happy inly sighs | K |
| For something happier still to come | M |
| While he of earth too fully blest | N |
| With this bright world to dream of more | D |
| Sees all his heaven on Beauty's breast | N |
| Then tell me which | E |
| Tell me which shall we adore | D |
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| The maid who heard the poet sing | O |
| These twin desires of earth and sky | P |
| And saw while one inspired his string | O |
| The other glistened in his eye | P |
| To name the earthlier boy ashamed | Q |
| To chose the other fondly loath | R |
| At length all blushing she exclaimed | Q |
| Ask not which | E |
| Oh ask not which we'll worship both | R |
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| The extremes of each thus taught to shun | S |
| With hearts and souls between them given | S |
| When weary of this earth with one | S |
| We'll with the other wing to heaven | S |
| Thus pledged the maid her vow of bliss | T |
| And while one Love wrote down the oath | R |
| The other sealed it with a kiss | T |
| And Heaven looked on | U |
| Heaven looked on and hallowed both | R |
Thomas Moore
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