Unofficial Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABBAB CDDED FGGGG GGGGG HIIH GGGGG AJJA HHHHH HKKHK LGGLG GGGGG GMAGA GGGGG

ONE morning my heart can rememberA
I sat dreaming thereB
In the 'governor's' chairB
In the office The month was NovemberA
And the weather a subject for prayerB
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My mind strayed through visions unboundedC
Far off seemed the dinD
That King William Street's inD
And the quill of the 'junior' soundedE
Like the squeak of an elf's violinD
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I was roused with a start some one enteredF
Though ground glass divideG
Off the sanctum insideG
The star where my homage was centredG
In the office without I descriedG
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'Oh kind Fate to bring me my KittyG
The boy I can sendG
At the bank to attendG
One partner's just gone from the CityG
And the other is at the West EndG
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'Change two pounds boy for threepenny piecesH
And there isn't a francI
In the place I will thankI
You to take down these coupons from Creasy'sH
To the London and Westminster Bank '-
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He is gone This can never be KittyG
Alone here with meG
Can this ever be sheG
Laughing here in the heart of the CityG
With the old office cat on her kneeG
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'I hope Ben ' she says 'you are strongerA
And I hope it's not trueJ
Work is injuring youJ
And I'd better not stay any longerA
As you seem to have so much to do '-
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But she does not go yet Still she lingersH
Dry deed boxes pressH
The crisp folds of her dressH
While the desk feels inquisitive fingersH
In a touch that is half a caressH
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Now dreary and quiet the place isH
Here's the space on the floorK
I remember of yoreK
Which was brushed by her ribbons and lacesH
As she smiled her 'good bye' at the doorK
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The violets she wore in her bosomL
So scented dew wetG
Are hard to forgetG
The dim office grew fair with each blossomL
And their fragrance seems haunting it yetG
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I'm in partnership now with old BradleyG
His brother is deadG
So I stand as the HeadG
Of affairs and I'm thinking thus sadlyG
Of the sweetness of days that have fledG
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My Wimbledon house all that's in itG
My life with its dowerM
Of money bag powerA
I would throw to the dogs in a minuteG
To recall from those days but one hourA
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Lost light of my eyes little KittyG
Too late now too lateG
But I'd give my estateG
To be once more a clerk in the CityG
In the office with you t te t teG

Edith Nesbit



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