Far, Far Away Is Mirth Withdrawn Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EEFG HHBB IJIJ KKLL MMNN OOPD QRST UUII| Far far away is mirth withdrawn | A |
| 'Tis three long hours before the morn | B |
| And I watch lonely drearily | C |
| So come thou shade commune with me | D |
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| Deserted one thy corpse lies cold | E |
| And mingled with a foreign mould | E |
| Year after year the grass grows green | F |
| Above the dust where thou hast been | G |
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| I will not name thy blighted name | H |
| Tarnished by unforgotton shame | H |
| Though not because my bosom torn | B |
| Joins the mad world in all its scorn | B |
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| Thy phantom face is dark with woe | I |
| Tears have left ghastly traces there | J |
| Those ceaseless tears I wish their flow | I |
| Could quench thy wild despair | J |
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| They deluge my heart like the rain | K |
| On cursed Gomorrah's howling plain | K |
| Yet when I hear thy foes deride | L |
| I must cling closely to thy side | L |
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| Our mutual foes they will not rest | M |
| From trampling on thy buried breast | M |
| Glutting there hatred with the doom | N |
| They picture thine beyond the tomb | N |
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| But God is not like human kind | O |
| Man cannot read the Almighty mind | O |
| Vengeance will never tortue they | P |
| Nor hunt thy soul eternally | D |
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| Then do not in this night of grief | Q |
| This time of over whelming fear | R |
| O do not think that God can leave | S |
| Forget forsake refuse to hear | T |
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| What have I dreamt He lies asleep | U |
| With whom my heart would vainly weep | U |
| He rests and I endure the woe | I |
| That left his spirit long ago | I |
Emily Bronte
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