Verses I Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDDEEFFGGHHIIJJKK LLMMNNOP| O'ERWHELM'D with sorrow and sustaining long | A |
| 'The proud man's contumely th' oppressor's wrong ' | B |
| Languid despondency and vain regret | C |
| Must my exhausted spirit struggle yet | C |
| Yes Robb'd myself of all that fortune gave | D |
| Even of all hope but shelter in the grave | D |
| Still shall the plaintive lyre essay its powers | E |
| To dress the cave of Care with Fancy's flowers | E |
| Maternal Love the fiend Despair withstand | F |
| Still animate the heart and guide the hand | F |
| May you dear objects of my anxious care | G |
| Escape the evils I was born to bear | G |
| Round my devoted head while tempests roll | H |
| Yet there where I have treasured up my soul | H |
| May the soft rays of dawning hope impart | I |
| Reviving patience to my fainting heart | I |
| And when its sharp solicitudes shall cease | J |
| May I be conscious in the realms of peace | J |
| That every tear which swells my children's eyes | K |
| From sorrows past not present ills arise | K |
| Then with some friend who loves to share your pain | L |
| For 'tis my boast that some such friends remain | L |
| By filial grief and fond remembrance prest | M |
| You'll seek the spot where all my sorrows rest | M |
| Recall my hapless days in sad review | N |
| The long calamities I bore for you | N |
| And with a happier fate resolve to prove | O |
| How well you merited your mother's love | P |
Charlotte Smith
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