Sweet Memory Of Love Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDCEFBFG HIHIBJGJ KLKLMNMN K| Toutes les passions s' loignent avec l' ge | A |
| - | |
| XXXIV ii October | B |
| - | |
| - | |
| As life wanes on the passions slow depart | C |
| One with his grinning mask one with his steel | D |
| Like to a strolling troupe of Thespian art | C |
| Whose pace decreases winding past the hill | E |
| But naught can Love's all charming power efface | F |
| That light our misty tracks suspended o'er | B |
| In joy thou'rt ours more dear thy tearful grace | F |
| The young may curse thee but the old adore | G |
| - | |
| But when the weight of years bow down the head | H |
| And man feels all his energies decline | I |
| His projects gone himself tomb'd with the dead | H |
| Where virtues lie nor more illusions shine | I |
| When all our lofty thoughts dispersed and o'er | B |
| We count within our hearts so near congealed | J |
| Each grief that's past each dream exhausted ore | G |
| As counting dead upon the battle field | J |
| - | |
| As one who walks by the lamp's flickering blaze | K |
| Far from the hum of men the joys of earth | L |
| Our mind arrives at last by tortuous ways | K |
| At that drear gulf where but despair has birth | L |
| E'en there amid the darkness of that night | M |
| When all seems closing round in empty air | N |
| Is seen through thickening gloom one trembling light | M |
| 'Tis Love's sweet memory that lingers there | N |
| - | |
| Author of Critical Essays | K |
Victor-marie Hugo
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
About Sweet Memory Of Love
Sweet Memory Of Love is a poem by Victor-marie Hugo. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
Write your comment about Sweet Memory Of Love poem by Victor-marie Hugo
Best Poems of Victor-marie Hugo