Regret (1846) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEFG HIHIJKJK LMLMNONP QRQRSPSP| LONG ago I wished to leave | A |
| ' The house where I was born ' | B |
| Long ago I used to grieve | A |
| My home seemed so forlorn | C |
| In other years its silent rooms | D |
| Were filled with haunting fears | E |
| Now their very memory comes | F |
| O'ercharged with tender tears | G |
| - | |
| Life and marriage I have known | H |
| Things once deemed so bright | I |
| Now how utterly is flown | H |
| Every ray of light | I |
| 'Mid the unknown sea of life | J |
| I no blest isle have found | K |
| At last through all its wild wave's strife | J |
| My bark is homeward bound | K |
| - | |
| Farewell dark and rolling deep | L |
| Farewell foreign shore | M |
| Open in unclouded sweep | L |
| Thou glorious realm before | M |
| Yet though I had safely pass'd | N |
| That weary vexed main | O |
| One loved voice through surge and blast | N |
| Could call me back again | P |
| - | |
| Though the soul's bright morning rose | Q |
| O'er Paradise for me | R |
| William even from Heaven's repose | Q |
| I'd turn invoked by thee | R |
| Storm nor surge should e'er arrest | S |
| My soul exulting then | P |
| All my heaven was once thy breast | S |
| Would it were mine again | P |
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