Sadness And Joy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IJKJ LMNM ADCD| I pray you Sadness leave me soon | A |
| In sweet invention thou art poor | B |
| Thy sister Joy can make ten songs | C |
| While thou art making four | D |
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| One hour with thee is sweet enough | E |
| But when we find the whole day gone | F |
| And no created thing is left | G |
| We mourn the evil done | H |
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| Thou art too slow to shape thy thoughts | I |
| In stone on canvas or in song | J |
| But Joy being full of active heat | K |
| Must do some deed ere long | J |
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| Thy sighs are gentle sweet thy tears | L |
| But if thou canst not help a man | M |
| To prove in substance what he feels | N |
| Then givve me Joy who can | M |
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| Therefore sweet Sadness leave me soon | A |
| Let thy bright sister Joy come more | D |
| For she can make ten lovely songs | C |
| While thou art making four | D |
William Henry Davies
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