Then, Fare Thee Well. (old English Air.) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABAB CDCDAD EFEFAF GHGHAH IJKJAJ| Then fare thee well my own dear love | A |
| This world has now for us | B |
| No greater grief no pain above | A |
| The pain of parting thus | B |
| Dear love | A |
| The pain of parting thus | B |
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| Had we but known since first we met | C |
| Some few short hours of bliss | D |
| We might in numbering them forget | C |
| The deep deep pain of this | D |
| Dear love | A |
| The deep deep pain of this | D |
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| But no alas we've never seen | E |
| One glimpse of pleasure's ray | F |
| But still there came some cloud between | E |
| And chased it all away | F |
| Dear love | A |
| And chased it all away | F |
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| Yet even could those sad moments last | G |
| Far dearer to my heart | H |
| Were hours of grief together past | G |
| Than years of mirth apart | H |
| Dear love | A |
| Than years of mirth apart | H |
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| Farewell our hope was born in fears | I |
| And nurst mid vain regrets | J |
| Like winter suns it rose in tears | K |
| Like them in tears it sets | J |
| Dear love | A |
| Like them in tears it sets | J |
Thomas Moore
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