A Tribute To Dunbar Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCE FGFGHIHI GJKJLMLM| The sweetest singer once thou wast but art no more | A |
| An elf thou wast of what thou now shalt be | B |
| Where thou art in realms of that celestial shore | A |
| There thou shalt sing through all eternity | B |
| We peerless bard bewail thy loss | C |
| And shed heart broken tears | D |
| Though meekly thou hast borne thy cross | C |
| And winged the flight of years | E |
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| Thrice blessed singer wrapped in heavenly bliss | F |
| Of earth's poor souls thy fortune who can tell | G |
| Perchance thy splendid lot be solely this | F |
| To change thy lute with the angel Israfel | G |
| If so then smite thy golden strings | H |
| With fingers nimble strong | I |
| Till all along fair heaven rings | H |
| With cadence of thy song | I |
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| Thee tyrant earth once held imprisoned soul | G |
| That suffered tortures of relentless strife | J |
| Fair heaven now holds within her sheltered fold | K |
| And gives thee robe and harp eternal life | J |
| Grant him O God unfaltering breath | L |
| To sing from heaven afar | M |
| A song to cheer our souls in death | L |
| The peerless Paul Dunbar | M |
Edward Smyth Jones
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