Simplex Munditiis Or, What Should A Maiden Be? Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCC DDEE FFGG DDHH IIJJ DDKK LLMM NNHH O PP DDQQ RSTU VVOO| NOTE The following lines were written by request to be read at a Meeting of the Girls' Friendly Society | A |
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| What should a maiden be Pure as the rill | B |
| Ere it has left its first home in the hill | B |
| Thinking no evil suspecting no guile | C |
| Cherishing nought that can harm or defile | C |
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| What should a maiden be Honest and true | D |
| Giving to God and to neighbour their due | D |
| Modest and merciful simple and neat | E |
| Clad in the white robe of innocence sweet | E |
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| What should a maiden be She should be loath | F |
| Lightly to give or receive loving troth | F |
| But when her faith is once plighted till breath | G |
| Leave her her love should be stronger than death | G |
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| What should a maiden be Merry whene'er | D |
| Merriment comes with a natural air | D |
| But let not mirth be an every day guest | H |
| Quietness sits on a maiden the best | H |
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| Like a fair lily sequestered and meek | I |
| She should be sought for not others should seek | I |
| But when the wild winds of trouble arise | J |
| She should be calm and courageous and wise | J |
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| What should her words be Her words should be few | D |
| Honest and genuine tender and true | D |
| Words that overflow from a pure heart within | K |
| Guiltless of folly untainted by sin | K |
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| What should her dress be Not gaudy and vain | L |
| But unaffectedly pretty and plain | L |
| She should remember these few simple words | M |
| Fine feathers flourish on foolish young birds | M |
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| Where should a maiden be Home is the place | N |
| Which a fair maid is most fitted to grace | N |
| There should she turn like a bird to the nest | H |
| There should a maiden be blessing and blest | H |
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| There should she dwell as the handmaid of God | O |
| And if He bid her 'pass under the rod ' | - |
| Let her each murmur repining suppress | P |
| Knowing He chasteneth that He may bless | P |
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| But if earth's blessings each day He renew | D |
| Let her give glory where glory is due | D |
| Deem every blessing a gift from above | Q |
| Given and designed for a purpose of love | Q |
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| What will her future be If she become | R |
| Matron and mother may God bless her home | S |
| God to the matron all blessings will give | T |
| If as God's maiden the young maiden live | U |
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| What will her future be If she should die | V |
| Lightly the earth on her ashes will lie | V |
| Softly her body will sleep 'neath the sod | O |
| While her pure spirit is safe with her God | O |
Edward Woodley Bowling
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