Poet Felicia Dorothea Hemans

Felicia Dorothea Hemans

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The Rivers Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEG HIHI JKJK LMLM HFHF NOPO QRQR

GO trace th' unnumbered streams o'er earthA
That wind their devious courseB
That draw from Alpine heights their birthA
Deep vale or cavern sourceB
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Some by majestic cities glideC
Proud scenes of man's renownD
Some lead their solitary tideC
Where pathless forests frownD
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Some calmly roll in golden sandsE
Where Afric's deserts lieF
Or spread to clothe rejoicing landsE
With rich fertilityG
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These bear the bark whose stately sailH
Exulting seems to swellI
While these scarce rippled by a galeH
Sleep in the lonely dellI
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Yet on alike though swift or slowJ
Their various waves may sweepK
Through cities or through shades they flowJ
To the same boundless deepK
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Oh thus whate'er our path of lifeL
Through sunshine or through gloomM
Through scenes of quiet or of strifeL
Its end is still the tombM
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The chief whose mighty deeds we hailH
The monarch throned on highF
The peasant in his native valeH
All journey on to dieF
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But if Thy guardian care my GodN
The pilgrim's course attendO
I will not fear the dark abodeP
To which my footsteps bendO
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For thence thine all redeeming SonQ
Who died the world to saveR
In light in triumph rose and wonQ
The victory from the graveR

Felicia Dorothea Hemans



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