Epitaph In A Church-yard In Charleston, South Carolina Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE FGGFFGGFHIHJHI| GEORGE AUGUSTUS CLOUGH | A |
| A NATIVE OF LIVERPOOL | B |
| DIED SUDDENLY OF STRANGER'S FEVER | C |
| NOV'R th | D |
| AGED | E |
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| - | |
| He died of Stranger's Fever when his youth | F |
| Had scarcely melted into manhood so | G |
| The chiselled legend runs a brother's woe | G |
| Laid bare for epitaph The savage ruth | F |
| Of a sunny bright but alien land uncouth | F |
| With cruel caressing dealt a mortal blow | G |
| And by this summer sea where flowers grow | G |
| In tropic splendor witness to the truth | F |
| Of ineradicable race he lies | H |
| The law of duty urged that he should roam | I |
| Should sail from fog and chilly airs to skies | H |
| Clear with deceitful welcome He had come | J |
| With proud resolve but still his lonely eyes | H |
| Ached with fatigue at never seeing home | I |
Amy Lowell
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