To Miss ....... On Her Asking The Author Why She Had Sleepless Nights Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIK| I'll ask the sylph who round thee flies | A |
| And in thy breath his pinion dips | B |
| Who suns him in thy radiant eyes | A |
| And faints upon thy sighing lips | B |
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| I'll ask him where's the veil of sleep | C |
| That used to shade thy looks of light | D |
| And why those eyes their vigil keep | C |
| When other suns are sunk in night | D |
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| And I will say her angel breast | E |
| Has never throbbed with guilty sting | F |
| Her bosom is the sweetest nest | E |
| Where Slumber could repose his wing | F |
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| And I will say her cheeks that flush | G |
| Like vernal roses in the sun | H |
| Have ne'er by shame been taught to blush | G |
| Except for what her eyes have done | H |
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| Then tell me why thou child of air | I |
| Does slumber from her eyelids rove | J |
| What is her heart's impassioned care | I |
| Perhaps oh sylph perhaps 'tis love | K |
Thomas Moore
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