When The Wine-cup Is Smiling. (italian Air.) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCACA CDCDCECF| When the wine cup is smiling before us | A |
| And we pledge round to hearts that are true boy true | B |
| Then the sky of this life opens o'er us | A |
| And Heaven gives a glimpse of its blue | B |
| Talk of Adam in Eden reclining | C |
| We are better far better off thus boy thus | A |
| For him but two bright eyes were shining | C |
| See what numbers are sparkling for us | A |
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| When on one side the grape juice is dancing | C |
| While on t'other a blue eye beams boy beams | D |
| 'Tis enough 'twixt the wine and the glancing | C |
| To disturb even a saint from his dreams | D |
| Yet tho' life like a river is flowing | C |
| I care not how fast it goes on boy on | E |
| So the grape on its bank is still growing | C |
| And Love lights the waves as they run | F |
Thomas Moore
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