The Queen Of Prussia's Tomb Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEDEFF FGFGHH IJIKLL FFFFJJ MNMNOO PFPFQQ RSRSFF TDTDFF UCVCEW| In sweet pride upon that insult keen | A |
| She smiled then drooping mute and broken hearted | B |
| To the cold comfort of the grave departed Milman | C |
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| It stands where northern willows weep | D |
| A temple fair and lone | E |
| Soft shadows o'er its marble sweep | D |
| From cypress branches thrown | E |
| While silently around it spread | F |
| Thou feel'st the presence of the dead | F |
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| And what within is richly shrined | F |
| A sculptur'd woman's form | G |
| Lovely in perfect rest reclined | F |
| As one beyond the storm | G |
| Yet not of death but slumber lies | H |
| The solemn sweetness on those eyes | H |
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| The folded hands the calm pure face | I |
| The mantle's quiet flow | J |
| The gentle yet majestic grace | I |
| Throned on the matron brow | K |
| These in that scene of tender gloom | L |
| With a still glory robe the tomb | L |
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| There stands an eagle at the feet | F |
| Of the fair image wrought | F |
| A kingly emblem nor unmeet | F |
| To wake yet deeper thought | F |
| She whose high heart finds rest below | J |
| Was royal in her birth and wo | J |
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| There are pale garlands hung above | M |
| Of dying scent and hue | N |
| She was a mother in her love | M |
| How sorrowfully true | N |
| Oh hallow'd long be every leaf | O |
| The record of her children's grief | O |
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| She saw their birthright's warrior crown | P |
| Of olden glory spoil'd | F |
| The standard of their sires borne down | P |
| The shield's bright blazon soil'd | F |
| She met the tempest meekly brave | Q |
| Then turn'd o'erwearied to the grave | Q |
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| She slumber'd but it came it came | R |
| Her land's redeeming hour | S |
| With the glad shout and signal flame | R |
| Sent on from tower to tower | S |
| Fast thro' the realm a spirit moved | F |
| 'Twas hers the lofty and the loved | F |
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| Then was her name a note that wrung | T |
| To rouse bold hearts from sleep | D |
| Her memory as a banner flung | T |
| Forth by the Baltic deep | D |
| Her grief a bitter vial pour'd | F |
| To sanctify th' avenger's sword | F |
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| And the crown'd eagle spread again | U |
| His pinion to the sun | C |
| And the strong land shook off its chain | V |
| So was the triumph won | C |
| But wo for earth where sorrow's tone | E |
| Still blends with victory's She was gone | W |
Felicia Dorothea Hemans
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