Johan Ludvig Heiberg 1860 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC BDBE FGFH AAAI AJAK LBLM BBBN OFOP BQBR AAAS BLBT AUAB OFOP BBBV FAFW BDBE| To the grave they bore him sleeping | A |
| Him the aged genial gardener | B |
| Now the children gifts are heaping | A |
| From the flower bed he made | C |
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| There the tree that he sat under | B |
| And the garden gate is open | D |
| While we cast a glance and wonder | B |
| Whether some one sits there still | E |
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| He is gone A woman only | F |
| Wanders there with languid footsteps | G |
| Clothed in black and now so lonely | F |
| Where his laughter erst rang clear | H |
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| As a child when past it going | A |
| Through the fence she looked with longing | A |
| Now great tears so freely flowing | A |
| Are her thanks that she came in | I |
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| Fairy tales and thoughts high soaring | A |
| Whispered to him 'neath the foliage | J |
| She flits softly gathering storing | A |
| Them as solace for her woe | K |
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| Far his wanderings once bore him | L |
| Bore this aged genial searcher | B |
| One who listening sat before him | L |
| Much could learn from time to time | M |
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| Life and letters were his ladder | B |
| Up toward that which few discover | B |
| Thought's wide realm with vision gladder | B |
| He explored each summit scaled | N |
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| In his manhood he defended | O |
| All that greatness has and beauty | F |
| Later he the stars attended | O |
| In their silent course to God | P |
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| Older men remember rather | B |
| New Year ringing o'er the Northland | Q |
| How it power had to gather | B |
| Leaders to a greater age | R |
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| Do you him remember leaping | A |
| Forth his horn so gladly winding | A |
| Back the mob on all sides sweeping | A |
| From the progress of the great | S |
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| Play of thought 'mid tears and laughter | B |
| Fauns and children were about him | L |
| Freedom's beacons high thereafter | B |
| Kindled slowly of themselves | T |
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| And his words soon found a hearing | A |
| Peace of heart flowed from his music | U |
| All the land thrilled to the nearing | A |
| Of a great prophetic choir | B |
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| In his manhood he defended | O |
| All that greatness has and beauty | F |
| Later he the stars attended | O |
| In their silent course to God | P |
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| Northern flowers were his pleasure | B |
| As an aged genial gardener | B |
| From his nation's springtime treasure | B |
| Culling seed for deathless growth | V |
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| Now with humor now sedately | F |
| He kept planting or uprooting | A |
| While the Danish beech tree stately | F |
| Gave his soul its evening peace | W |
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| There the tree we saw him under | B |
| And the garden gate is open | D |
| While we cast a glance and wonder | B |
| Whether some one sits there still | E |
Bjarnstjerne Bjarnson
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