Wreath The Bowl Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCBDDBEEBAABCCB FFBGGBBBHIIHAABCCB JJKGGKBBLMMLAABCCB| Wreath the bowl | A |
| With flowers of soul | A |
| The brightest Wit can find us | B |
| We'll take a flight | C |
| Towards heaven to night | C |
| And leave dull earth behind us | B |
| Should Love amid | D |
| The wreaths be hid | D |
| That Joy the enchanter brings us | B |
| No danger fear | E |
| While wine is near | E |
| We'll drown him if he stings us | B |
| Then wreath the bowl | A |
| With flowers of soul | A |
| The brightest Wit can find us | B |
| We'll take a flight | C |
| Towards heaven to night | C |
| And leave dull earth behind us | B |
| - | |
| 'Twas nectar fed | F |
| Of old 'tis said | F |
| Their Junos Joves Apollos | B |
| And man may brew | G |
| His nectar too | G |
| The rich receipt's as follows | B |
| Take wine like this | B |
| Let looks of bliss | B |
| Around it well be blended | H |
| Then bring Wit's beam | I |
| To warm the stream | I |
| And there's your nectar splendid | H |
| So wreath the bowl | A |
| With flowers of soul | A |
| The brightest Wit can find us | B |
| We'll take a flight | C |
| Towards heaven to night | C |
| And leave dull earth behind us | B |
| - | |
| Say why did Time | J |
| His glass sublime | J |
| Fill up with sands unsightly | K |
| When wine he knew | G |
| Runs brisker through | G |
| And sparkles far more brightly | K |
| Oh lend it us | B |
| And smiling thus | B |
| The glass in two we'll sever | L |
| Make pleasure glide | M |
| In double tide | M |
| And fill both ends for ever | L |
| Then wreath the bowl | A |
| With flowers of soul | A |
| The brightest Wit can find us | B |
| We'll take a flight | C |
| Towards heaven to night | C |
| And leave dull earth behind us | B |
Thomas Moore
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