The Lost Path Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDEDE FGFGHIHI JKJKBLBL| Air Gr dh mo chroidhe | A |
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| I | - |
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| Sweet thoughts bright dreams my comfort be | B |
| All comfort else has flown | C |
| For every hope was false to me | B |
| And here I am alone | C |
| What thoughts were mine in early youth | D |
| Like some old Irish song | E |
| Brimful of love and life and truth | D |
| My spirit gushed along | E |
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| II | - |
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| I hoped to right my native isle | F |
| I hoped a soldier's fame | G |
| I hoped to rest in woman's smile | F |
| And win a minstrel's name | G |
| Oh little have I served my land | H |
| No laurels press my brow | I |
| I have no woman's heart or hand | H |
| Nor minstrel honours now | I |
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| III | - |
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| But fancy has a magic power | J |
| It brings me wreath and crown | K |
| And woman's love the self same hour | J |
| It smites oppression down | K |
| Sweet thoughts bright dreams my comfort be | B |
| I have no joy beside | L |
| Oh throng around and be to me | B |
| Power country fame and bride | L |
Thomas Osborne Davis
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