Lines, Written In The Memory Of Elizabeth Smith Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAABCDCE FGHHG IJIJ KHKKHLMLM NONNO PQPQ RSRRS NJNNJ| OH thou whose pure exalted mind | A |
| Lives in this record fair and bright | B |
| Oh thou whose blameless life combin'd | A |
| Soft female charms and grace refin'd | A |
| With science and with light | B |
| Celestial maid whose spirit soar'd | C |
| Beyond this vale of tears | D |
| Whose clear enlighten'd eye explor'd | C |
| The lore of years | E |
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| Daughter of heav'n if here e'en here | F |
| The wing of tow'ring thought was thine | G |
| If on this dim and mundane sphere | H |
| Fair truth illum'd thy bright career | H |
| With morning star divine | G |
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| How must thy blest ethereal soul | I |
| Now kindle in her noon tide ray | J |
| And hail unfetter'd by control | I |
| The fount of day | J |
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| E'en now perhaps thy seraph eyes | K |
| Undimm'd by doubt nor veil'd by fear | H |
| Behold a chain of wonders rise | K |
| Gaze on the noon beam of the skies | K |
| Transcendent pure and clear | H |
| E'en now the fair the good the true | L |
| From mortal sight conceal'd | M |
| Bless in one blaze thy raptur'd view | L |
| In light reveal'd | M |
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| If here the lore of distant time | N |
| And learning's flow'rs were all thine own | O |
| How must thy mind ascend sublime | N |
| Matur'd in heav'n's empyreal clime | N |
| To light's unclouded throne | O |
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| Perhaps e'en now thy kindling glance | P |
| Each orb of living fire explores | Q |
| Darts o'er creation's wide expanse | P |
| Admires adores | Q |
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| Oh if that lightning eye surveys | R |
| This dark and sublunary plain | S |
| How must the wreath of human praise | R |
| Fade wither vanish in thy gaze | R |
| So dim so pale so vain | S |
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| How like a faint and shadowy dream | N |
| Must quiver learning's brightest ray | J |
| While on thine eyes with lucid stream | N |
| The sun of glory pours his beam | N |
| Perfection's day | J |
Felicia Dorothea Hemans
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