They Shall Not Know Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDDC EFEFGHHC CICJCKKC| When thou art happy thou dear heart of pleasure | A |
| Because men love thee and the feasts are spread | B |
| And Fortune in thy lap has poured her treasure | A |
| And Spring is there and roses crown thy head | B |
| Then think of one who loved thee for his woe | C |
| And if thou sigh | D |
| With others by | D |
| They shall not know | C |
| - | |
| When thou art silent in thy day of trouble | E |
| Because fools vex and thou hast rivals found | F |
| And love has played thee falser than a bubble | E |
| And memory stings and grief is as a wound | F |
| Then think of one whose hand first soothed thy brow | G |
| And if a smile | H |
| Thy tears beguile | H |
| These shall not know | C |
| - | |
| When all is ended thou pale ghost of sorrow | C |
| And time's last flower is gathered from the grove | I |
| And yesterday to thee is as to morrow | C |
| And there is none to speak to thee of love | J |
| Then sing these songs one made thee long ago | C |
| And men shall swear | K |
| Thou still art fair | K |
| Yet shall not know | C |
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
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