The Grave Of A Poetess Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEG HIHI JKJK LMLM NONO IPIP IEIJ GQFQ RIRI STUT IDID| I stood beside thy lowly grave | A |
| Spring odours breath'd around | B |
| And music in the river wave | A |
| Pass'd with a lulling sound | B |
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| All happy things that love the sun | C |
| In the bright air glanc'd by | D |
| And a glad murmur seem'd to run | C |
| Thro' the soft azure sky | D |
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| Fresh leaves were on the ivy bough | E |
| That fring'd the ruins near | F |
| Young voices were abroad but thou | E |
| Their sweetness couldst not hear | G |
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| And mournful grew my heart for thee | H |
| Thou in whose woman's mind | I |
| The ray that brightens earth and sea | H |
| The light of song was shrined | I |
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| Mournful that thou wert slumbering low | J |
| With a dread curtain drawn | K |
| Between thee and the golden glow | J |
| Of this world's vernal dawn | K |
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| Parted from all the song and bloom | L |
| Thou wouldst have lov'd so well | M |
| To thee the sunshine round thy tomb | L |
| Was but a broken spell | M |
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| The bird the insect on the wing | N |
| In their bright reckless play | O |
| Might feel the flush and life of spring | N |
| And thou wert pass'd away | O |
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| But then ev'n then a nobler thought | I |
| O'er my vain sadness came | P |
| Th' immortal spirit woke and wrought | I |
| Within my thrilling frame | P |
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| Surely on lovelier things I said | I |
| Thou must have look'd ere now | E |
| Than all that round our pathway shed | I |
| Odours and hues below | J |
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| The shadows of the tomb are here | G |
| Yet beautiful is earth | Q |
| What see'st thou then where no dim fear | F |
| No haunting dream hath birth | Q |
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| Here a vain love to passing flowers | R |
| Thou gav'st but where thou art | I |
| The sway is not with changeful hours | R |
| There love and death must part | I |
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| Thou hast left sorrow in thy song | S |
| A voice not loud but deep | T |
| The glorious bowers of earth among | U |
| How often didst thou weep | T |
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| Where couldst thou fix on mortal ground | I |
| Thy tender thoughts and high | D |
| Now peace the woman's heart hath found | I |
| And joy the poet's eye | D |
Felicia Dorothea Hemans
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