Eheu Fugaces -- ! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBB CDCDEFEF GHGIJFJF| The air is charged with amatory numbers | A |
| Soft madrigals and dreamy lovers' lays | B |
| Peace peace old heart Why waken from its slumbers | B |
| The aching memory of the old old days | B |
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| Time was when Love and I were well acquainted | C |
| Time was when we walked ever hand in hand | D |
| A saintly youth with worldly thought untainted | C |
| None better loved than I in all the land | D |
| Time was when maidens of the noblest station | E |
| Forsaking even military men | F |
| Would gaze upon me rapt in adoration | E |
| Ah me I was a fair young curate then | F |
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| Had I a headache sighed the maids assembled | G |
| Had I a cold welled forth the silent tear | H |
| Did I look pale then half a parish trembled | G |
| And when I coughed all thought the end was near | I |
| I had no care no jealous doubts hung o'er me | J |
| For I was loved beyond all other men | F |
| Fled gilded dukes and belted earls before me | J |
| Ah me I was a pale young curate then | F |
William Schwenck Gilbert
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