The Mourners Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFGFHDHD IJKJLDMD NOPOQDQD GRGRSDSD| LOW she lies who blest our eyes | A |
| Through many a sunny day | B |
| She may not smile she will not rise | A |
| The life hath past away | B |
| Yet there is a world of light beyond | C |
| Where we neither die nor sleep | D |
| She is there of whom our souls were fond | C |
| Then wherefore do we weep | D |
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| The heart is cold whose thoughts were told | E |
| In each glance of her glad bright eye | F |
| And she lies pale who was so bright | G |
| She scarce seemed made to die | F |
| Yet we know that her soul is happy now | H |
| Where the saints their calm watch keep | D |
| That angels are crowning that fair young brow | H |
| Then wherefore do we weep | D |
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| Her laughing voice made all rejoice | I |
| Who caught the happy sound | J |
| There was gladness in her very step | K |
| As it lightly touched the ground | J |
| The echoes of voice and step are gone | L |
| There is silence still and deep | D |
| Yet we know she sings by God's bright throne | M |
| Then wherefore do we weep | D |
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| The cheek's pale tinge the lid's dark fringe | N |
| That lies like a shadow there | O |
| Were beautiful in the eyes of all | P |
| And her glossy golden hair | O |
| But though that lid may never wake | Q |
| From its dark and dreamless sleep | D |
| She is gone where young hearts do not break | Q |
| Then wherefore do we weep | D |
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| That world of light with joy is bright | G |
| This is a world of woe | R |
| Shall we grieve that her soul hath taken flight | G |
| Because we dwell below | R |
| We will bury her under the mossy sod | S |
| And one long bright tress we'll keep | D |
| We have only given her back to God | S |
| Ah wherefore do we weep | D |
Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton
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