Far, Far Away Is Mirth Withdrawn Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EEFG HHBB IJIJ KKLL MMNN OOPD QRST UUIIFar far away is mirth withdrawn | A |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 |
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