Gertrude, Or Fidelity Till Death Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBBDCC C EFEF GHGH IBIB JKLK MBMB NON BPBP QRCR BLBJ FSFS KTBU VNVN WXYX ZA2ZA2| Dark lowers our fate | A |
| And terrible the storm that gathers o'er us | B |
| But nothing till that latest agony | C |
| Which severs thee from nature shall unloose | B |
| This fix'd and sacred hold In thy dark prison house | B |
| In the terrific face of armed law | D |
| Yea on the scaffold if it needs must be | C |
| I never will forsake thee | C |
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| Joanna Baillie | C |
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| HER hands were clasp'd her dark eyes rais'd | E |
| The breeze threw back her hair | F |
| Up to the fearful wheel she gaz'd | E |
| All that she lov'd was there | F |
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| The night was round her clear and cold | G |
| The holy heaven above | H |
| Its pale stars watching to behold | G |
| The might of earthly love | H |
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| 'And bid me not depart ' she cried | I |
| 'My Rudolph say not so | B |
| This is no time to quit thy side | I |
| Peace peace I cannot go | B |
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| Hath the world aught for me to fear | J |
| When death is on thy brow | K |
| The world what means it mine is here | L |
| I will not leave thee now | K |
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| 'I have been with thee in thine hour | M |
| Of glory and of bliss | B |
| Doubt not its memory's living power | M |
| To strengthen me thro' this | B |
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| And thou mine honour'd love and true | N |
| Bear on bear nobly on | O |
| We have the blessed heaven in view | N |
| Whose rest shall soon be won ' | - |
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| And were not these high words to flow | B |
| From woman's breaking heart | P |
| Thro' all that night of bitterest woe | B |
| She bore her lofty part | P |
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| But oh with such a glazing eye | Q |
| With such a curdling cheek | R |
| Love love of mortal agony | C |
| Thou only thou should'st speak | R |
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| The wind rose high but with it rose | B |
| Her voice that he might hear | L |
| Perchance that dark hour brought repose | B |
| To happy bosoms near | J |
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| While she sat striving with despair | F |
| Beside his tortured form | S |
| And pouring her deep soul in prayer | F |
| Forth on the rushing storm | S |
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| She wiped the death damps from his brow | K |
| With her pale hands and soft | T |
| Whose touch upon the lute chords low | B |
| Had still'd his heart so oft | U |
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| She spread her mantle o'er his breast | V |
| She bath'd his lips with dew | N |
| And on his cheek such kisses press'd | V |
| As hope and joy ne'er knew | N |
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| Oh lovely are ye Love and Faith | W |
| Enduring to the last | X |
| She had her meed one smile in death | Y |
| And his worn spirit pass'd | X |
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| While ev'n as o'er a martyr's grave | Z |
| She knelt on that sad spot | A2 |
| And weeping bless'd the God who gave | Z |
| Strength to forsake it not | A2 |
Felicia Dorothea Hemans
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