Could I But Mention But Thy Name; Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDB EEFGGF EHIJJI| Could I but strike a sweeter note | A |
| Than all from virgin choirs that float | A |
| Or harps with cords of gold | B |
| A note more soft and more sublime | C |
| Than she the sweetest of the Nine | D |
| Euterpe's strains unfold | B |
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| The note which even now I hear | E |
| For angels breathe it in my ear | E |
| But never dared to raise | F |
| Could I but mention but thy name | G |
| To whom I owe this sacred flame | G |
| And love's inspired lays | F |
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| Ah then methinks when I should hear | E |
| My Muse employ that word so dear | H |
| When thoughts of thee inspire | I |
| In sweeter strains my song should swell | J |
| Than e'er from harp of Orpheus fell | J |
| Or Phoebus' full stringed lyre | I |
W. M. Mackeracher
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