A Mirage Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABACCCBA DDDEAFFFGA HHHIAJJJIA KKKLAMMMLA| Were I thy bride | A |
| Then the whole world beside | A |
| Were not too wide | A |
| To hold my wealth of love | B |
| Were I thy bride | A |
| Upon thy breast | C |
| My loving head would rest | C |
| As on her nest | C |
| The tender turtle dove | B |
| Were I thy bride | A |
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| This heart of mine | D |
| Would be one heart with thine | D |
| And in that shrine | D |
| Our happiness would dwell | E |
| Were I thy bride | A |
| And all day long | F |
| Our lives should be a song | F |
| No grief no wrong | F |
| Should make my heart rebel | G |
| Were I thy bride | A |
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| The silvery flute | H |
| The melancholy lute | H |
| Were night owl's hoot | H |
| To my low whispered coo | I |
| Were I thy bride | A |
| The skylark's trill | J |
| Were but discordance shrill | J |
| To the soft thrill | J |
| Of wooing as I'd woo | I |
| Were I thy bride | A |
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| The rose's sigh | K |
| Were as a carrion's cry | K |
| To lullaby | K |
| Such as I'd sing to thee | L |
| Were I thy bride | A |
| A feather's press | M |
| Were leaden heaviness | M |
| To my caress | M |
| But then unhappily | L |
| I'm not thy bride | A |
William Schwenck Gilbert
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