To Rosa. Written During Illness Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHIH JKJK JDJD LMLM JNJN| The wisest soul by anguish torn | A |
| Will soon unlearn the lore it knew | B |
| And when the shrining casket's worn | A |
| The gem within will tarnish too | B |
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| But love's an essence of the soul | C |
| Which sinks hot with this chain of clay | D |
| Which throbs beyond the chill control | C |
| Of withering pain or pale decay | D |
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| And surely when the touch of Death | E |
| Dissolves the spirit's earthly ties | F |
| Love still attends the immortal breath | E |
| And makes it purer for the skies | F |
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| Oh Rosa when to seek its sphere | G |
| My soul shall leave this orb of men | H |
| That love which formed its treasure here | I |
| Shall be its best of treasures then | H |
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| And as in fabled dreams of old | J |
| Some air born genius child of time | K |
| Presided o'er each star that rolled | J |
| And tracked it through its path sublime | K |
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| So thou fair planet not unled | J |
| Shalt through thy mortal orbit stray | D |
| Thy lover's shade to thee still wed | J |
| Shall linger round thy earthly way | D |
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| Let other spirits range the sky | L |
| And play around each starry gem | M |
| I'll bask beneath that lucid eye | L |
| Nor envy worlds of suns to them | M |
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| And when that heart shall cease to beat | J |
| And when that breath at length is free | N |
| Then Rosa soul to soul we'll meet | J |
| And mingle to eternity | N |
Thomas Moore
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