Sounds From The Convent Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA B CCBC DDED BCBC CCCC FGHG IJKJ FCLC CMCM CCCC CNCN| Come pensive nun devout and pure | A |
| Sober steadfast and demure | A |
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| Milton | B |
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| White robed nun I pray thee tell me | C |
| Whatsoe'er my life shall be | C |
| Thou of God art purely chosen | B |
| Ne'er can I be like to thee | C |
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| There is sunlight in the shadow | D |
| Of the lives we live below | D |
| There is starlight in the darkness | E |
| Of the night of human woe | D |
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| Yet I pray thee sweet voiced woman | B |
| Tell me of thy life and thee | C |
| Can the soul to heaven given | B |
| Yield its secrets unto me | C |
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| Nevermore the earth shall claim thee | C |
| Only lilies bloom for thee | C |
| All the world is full of beauty | C |
| That thy eyes may never see | C |
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| On the hill the daisies springing | F |
| Lift their heads to greet the morn | G |
| Yet thou mayest not pluck the smallest | H |
| Of these blossoms lately born | G |
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| Violets may bring no memories | I |
| Unto thee of days gone by | J |
| Summer eves and joyous mornings | K |
| In the grave these too must die | J |
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| Long ago the roses drooping | F |
| Crimson blushed and died for thee | C |
| Yet to day no more thou know'st them | L |
| They are lost in Life's dead sea | C |
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| Oh the world is full of beauty | C |
| Oh the world is full of love | M |
| Yet the chains that bind thee earthward | C |
| Link thy soul with Heaven above | M |
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| Through the windows creeps the sunlight | C |
| Rays of gold and restless red | C |
| Covering all the world with glory | C |
| Sweetly resting on thy head | C |
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| Would my life were crowned with sunlight | C |
| Would my soul was pure as thine | N |
| Then the world no more would know me | C |
| Earth were Heaven and Heaven were mine | N |
Fannie Isabelle Sherrick
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