Poet Thomas Moore

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What Shall I Sing Thee? Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BBC CDDEFEFEGHGH IIJJKLELMM NOHO

TOA
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What shall I sing thee Shall I tellB
Of that bright hour remembered wellB
As tho' it shone but yesterdayC
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When loitering idly in the rayC
Of a spring sun I heard o'er headD
My name as by some spirit saidD
And looking up saw two bright eyesE
Above me from a casement shineF
Dazzling my mind with such surpriseE
As they who sail beyond the LineF
Feel when new stars above them riseE
And it was thine the voice that spokeG
Like Ariel's in the mid air thenH
And thine the eye whose lustre brokeG
Never to be forgot againH
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What shall I sing thee Shall I weaveI
A song of that sweet summer eveI
Summer of which the sunniest partJ
Was that we each had in the heartJ
When thou and I and one like theeK
In life and beauty to the soundL
Of our own breathless minstrelsyE
Danced till the sunlight faded roundL
Ourselves the whole ideal BallM
Lights music company and allM
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Oh 'tis not in the languid strainN
Of lute like mine whose day is pastO
To call up even a dream againH
Of the fresh light those moments castO

Thomas Moore



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