Sonnet Xcvii. To A Coffin-lid Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBACDCDCD E| Thou silent Door of our eternal sleep | A |
| Sickness and pain debility and woes | B |
| All the dire train of ills Existence knows | B |
| Thou shuttest out FOR EVER Why then weep | A |
| This fix'd tranquillity so long so deep | A |
| In a dear FATHER's clay cold Form where rose | B |
| No energy enlivening Health bestows | B |
| Thro' many a tedious year that us'd to creep | A |
| In languid deprivation while the flame | C |
| Of intellect resplendent once confess'd | D |
| Dark and more dark each passing day became | C |
| Now that angelic lights the SOUL invest | D |
| Calm let me yield to thee a joyless Frame | C |
| THOU SILENT DOOR OF EVERLASTING REST | D |
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| Lichfield March | E |
Anna Seward
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