To Mary Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAB CCCB DDDB CCCB EEEB FFFB GGGB BBBB HHHB GGGB CCCB CCCB GGGB| The twentieth year is well nigh past | A |
| Since first our sky was overcast | A |
| Ah would that this might be the last | A |
| My Mary | B |
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| Thy spirits have a fainter flow | C |
| I see thee daily weaker grow | C |
| 'Twas my distress that brought thee low | C |
| My Mary | B |
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| Thy needles once a shining store | D |
| For my sake restless heretofore | D |
| Now rust disused and shine no more | D |
| My Mary | B |
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| For though thou gladly wouldst fulfil | C |
| The same kind office for me still | C |
| Thy sight now seconds not thy will | C |
| My Mary | B |
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| But well thou playedst the housewife's part | E |
| And all thy threads with magic art | E |
| Have wound themselves about this heart | E |
| My Mary | B |
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| Thy indistinct expressions seem | F |
| Like language uttered in a dream | F |
| Yet me they charm whate'er the theme | F |
| My Mary | B |
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| Thy silver locks once auburn bright | G |
| Are still more lovely in my sight | G |
| Than golden beams of orient light | G |
| My Mary | B |
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| For could I view nor them nor thee | B |
| What sight worth seeing could I see | B |
| The sun would rise in vain for me | B |
| My Mary | B |
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| Partakers of thy sad decline | H |
| Thy hands their little force resign | H |
| Yet gently pressed press gently mine | H |
| My Mary | B |
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| Such feebleness of limbs thou prov'st | G |
| That now at every step thou mov'st | G |
| Upheld by two yet still thou lov'st | G |
| My Mary | B |
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| And still to love though pressed with ill | C |
| In wintry age to feel no chill | C |
| With me is to be lovely still | C |
| My Mary | B |
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| But ah by constant heed I know | C |
| How oft the sadness that I show | C |
| Transforms thy smiles to looks of woe | C |
| My Mary | B |
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| And should my future lot be cast | G |
| With much resemblance of the past | G |
| Thy worn out heart will break at last | G |
| My Mary | B |
William Cowper
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