My Spectre Around Me Night And Day Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BBCC A DDEE A FFGH IIJK KJ BBLL MMNN OODD PP J QQ J RRJ SSMM TT M

iA
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My spectre around me night and dayB
Like a wild beast guards my wayB
My Emanation far withinC
Weeps incessantly for my sinC
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iiA
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A fathomless and boundless deepD
There we wander there we weepD
On the hungry craving windE
My Spectre follows thee behindE
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iiiA
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He scents thy footsteps in the snowF
Wheresoever thou dost goF
Thro' the wintry hail and rainG
When wilt thou return againH
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iv-
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Dost thou not in pride and scornI
Fill with tempests all my mornI
And with jealousies and fearsJ
Fill my pleasant nights with tearsK
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v-
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Seven of my sweet loves thy knife-
Has bereav d of their life-
Their marble tombs I built with tearsK
And with cold and shuddering fearsJ
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vi-
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Seven more loves weep night and dayB
Round the tombs where my loves layB
And seven more loves attend each nightL
Around my couch with torches brightL
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vii-
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And seven more loves in my bedM
Crown with wine my mournful headM
Pitying and forgiving allN
Thy transgressions great and smallN
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viii-
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When wilt thou return and view-
My loves and them to life renew-
When wilt thou return and live-
When wilt thou pity as I forgive '-
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a-
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O'er my sins thou sit and moanO
Hast thou no sins of thy ownO
O'er my sins thou sit and weepD
And lull thy own sins fast asleepD
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b-
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What transgressions I commitP
Are for thy transgressions fitP
They thy harlots thou their slave-
And my bed becomes their grave-
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ixJ
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Never never I returnQ
Still for victory I burnQ
Living thee alone I'll have-
And when dead I'll be thy grave-
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xJ
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Thro' the Heaven and Earth and HellR
Thou shalt never never quellR
I will fly and thou pursueJ
Night and morn the flight renew '-
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c-
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Poor pale pitiable formS
That I follow in a stormS
Iron tears and groans of leadM
Bind around my aching headM
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xi-
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Till I turn from Female love-
And root up the Infernal Grove-
I shall never worthy be-
To step into Eternity-
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xii-
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And to end thy cruel mocks-
Annihilate thee on the rocks-
And another form createT
To be subservient to my fateT
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xiii-
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Let us agree to give up love-
And root up the Infernal Grove-
Then shall we return and see-
The worlds of happy Eternity-
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xiv-
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And throughout all Eternity-
I forgive you you forgive me-
As our dear Redeemer saidM
This the Wine and this the Bread '-

William Blake



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