On Leaving Pine Cottage. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDB EEFGGH IIJKKJ EEBGGB LLMNNM OOPQQP RRSTTS| When our bosoms were lightest | A |
| And day dreams were brightest | A |
| The gay vision melted away | B |
| By sorrow 'twas shaded | C |
| Too quickly it faded | D |
| How transient its halcyon sway | B |
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| From my heart would you sever | E |
| Harsh fate and forever | E |
| The friends who to life gave a charm | F |
| What oblivion effaces | G |
| Fond mem'ry retraces | G |
| And pictures each well beloved form | H |
| - | |
| Some accent well known | I |
| Some melodious tone | I |
| Through my bosom like witchery shed | J |
| Shall awake the sad sigh | K |
| To the hours gone by | K |
| And the friends like a fairy dream fled | J |
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| Long remembrance shall treasure | E |
| Those moments of pleasure | E |
| When time flew unheeded away | B |
| Joy's light skiff was near us | G |
| Hope ventured to steer us | G |
| And brighten our path with her ray | B |
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| We sailed down the stream | L |
| 'Neath her luminous beam | L |
| Our spirits were closely entwined | M |
| What are joys of the bowl | N |
| To this calm flow of soul | N |
| This heavenly mingling of mind | M |
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| Pure Friendship was there | O |
| With celestial air | O |
| Her cestus around us she threw | P |
| Be united she cried | Q |
| Ne'er may discord divide | Q |
| A union so blissful and true | P |
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| But those hours are past | R |
| They were too bright to last | R |
| Joyous moments but seldom are given | S |
| That man may be taught | T |
| Worldly pleasures are naught | T |
| True happiness dwells but in Heaven | S |
Eliza Paul Kirkbride Gurney
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