Wake Thee, My Dear Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD ABAB CECEABAB| Wake thee my dear thy dreaming | A |
| Till darker hours will keep | B |
| While such a moon is beaming | A |
| 'Tis wrong towards Heaven to sleep | B |
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| Moments there are we number | C |
| Moments of pain and care | D |
| Which to oblivious slumber | C |
| Gladly the wretch would spare | D |
| - | |
| But now who'd think of dreaming | A |
| When Love his watch should keep | B |
| While such a moon is beaming | A |
| 'Tis wrong towards Heaven to sleep | B |
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| If e'er the fates should sever | C |
| My life and hopes from thee love | E |
| The sleep that lasts for ever | C |
| Would then be sweet to me love | E |
| But now away with dreaming | A |
| Till darker hours 'twill keep | B |
| While such a moon is beaming | A |
| 'Tis wrong towards Heaven to sleep | B |
Thomas Moore
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