Dying Hymn Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFGF| The hour glass speeds its final sands | A |
| In splendor sinks the golden sun | B |
| So men must yield to death's demands | A |
| When human life its course has run | B |
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| We view the ruins of the past | C |
| We stand surrounded by decay | D |
| Our transient hours are speeding fast | C |
| And e'er we think have passed away | D |
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| Weep not nor mourn with idle tear | E |
| That hour inevitable and sure | F |
| We move our sojourn finished here | G |
| To nobler realms which shall endure | F |
Alfred Castner King
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