The Departed Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE FGFG HIJK GLGL MNBN OPOP QIRI STST KUVW XYXY ZA2B2A2 GC2GC2 JD2E2D2| Thou shalt lie down | A |
| With patriarchs of the infant world with kings | B |
| The powerful of the earth the wise the good | C |
| Fair forms and hoary seers of ages past | D |
| All in one mighty sepulchre BRYANT | E |
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| AND shrink ye from the way | F |
| To the spirit's distant shore | G |
| Earth's mightiest men in arm'd array | F |
| Are thither gone before | G |
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| The warrior kings whose banner | H |
| Flew far as eagles fly | I |
| They are gone where swords avail them not | J |
| From the feast of victory | K |
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| And the seers who sat of yore | G |
| By orient palm or wave | L |
| They have pass'd with all their starry lore | G |
| Can ye still fear the grave | L |
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| We fear we fear the sunshine | M |
| Is joyous to behold | N |
| And we reck not of the buried kings | B |
| Nor the awful seers of old | N |
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| Ye shrink the bards whose lays | O |
| Have made your deep hearts burn | P |
| They have left the sun and the voice of praise | O |
| For the land whence none return | P |
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| And the beautiful whose record | Q |
| Is the verse that cannot die | I |
| They too are gone with their glorious bloom | R |
| From the love of human eye | I |
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| Would ye not join that throng | S |
| Of the earth's departed flowers | T |
| And the masters of the mighty song | S |
| In their far and fadeless bowers | T |
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| Those songs are high and holy | K |
| But they vanquish not our fear | U |
| Not from our path those flowers are gone | V |
| We fain would linger here | W |
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| Linger then yet awhile | X |
| As the last leaves on the bough | Y |
| Ye have lov'd the light of many a smile | X |
| That is taken from you now | Y |
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| There have been sweet singing voices | Z |
| In your walks that now are still | A2 |
| There are seats left void in your earthly homes | B2 |
| Which none again may fill | A2 |
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| Soft eyes are seen no more | G |
| That made spring time in your heart | C2 |
| Kindred and friends are gone before | G |
| And ye still fear to part | C2 |
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| We fear not now we fear not | J |
| Though the way thro' darkness bends | D2 |
| Our souls are strong to follow them | E2 |
| Our own familiar friends | D2 |
Felicia Dorothea Hemans
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