The Forgotten Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCC DD EE FF GG| He shone in the senate the camp and the grove | A |
| The mirror of manhood the darling of love | B |
| He fought for his country the star of the brave | C |
| And died for it s weal when to die was to save | C |
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| And Wisdom and Valour long over him wept | D |
| And Beauty for ages strewed flowers where he slept | D |
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| And the bards of the people inwrought with their lays | E |
| The light of his glory the sound of his praise | E |
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| But afar in the foreworld have faded their strains | F |
| And now of his being what record remains | F |
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| Within a lone valley a tomb crumbles fast | G |
| And the name of the Sleeper is lost in the past | G |
Charles Harpur
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