The Old Year And The New Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDDAD EFGFHIJK AIGILMNM OIOIPIQI IBEBCIRI| Low at my feet there lies to night | A |
| A crushed and withered rose | B |
| Within its heart of fading red | C |
| No crimson fire glows | B |
| For o'er its leaves the frost of death | D |
| Steals like an icy breath | D |
| And soon 't will vanish from my sight | A |
| A thing of gloom and death | D |
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| Ah beauteous flower once thou wert | E |
| My pleasure and my pride | F |
| And now when thou art old and worn | G |
| I will not turn aside | F |
| But gently o'er thy faded leaves | H |
| I'll shed one kindly tear | I |
| That thou wilt know though dead and gone | J |
| To memory thou art dear | K |
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| Before my gaze there lies to night | A |
| A rose bud fresh and fair | I |
| And like the breath of dewy morn | G |
| Its fragrance scents the air | I |
| This fragile flower I fain would pluck | L |
| With hand most kind yet bold | M |
| And watch its petals day by day | N |
| Their shining wealth unfold | M |
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| And soon 'twill be my very own | O |
| To keep forevermore | I |
| This flower that bloomed for me alone | O |
| Upon a heavenly shore | I |
| God grant my hands may guard it well | P |
| And keep it pure and fair | I |
| For angel hands have gathered it | Q |
| And placed it in my care | I |
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| Then fare thee well thou dying year | I |
| Thou art my withered rose | B |
| And on the stem where once thou wert | E |
| Another flower grows | B |
| Yet fear thee not when thou are dead | C |
| To thee I'll still be true | I |
| And 'mid the joys of other years | R |
| I still will think of you | I |
Fannie Isabelle Sherrick
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