The Silver Locks Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBBA CCDDDC EEFFFE GGGGGG HHIIIH JJKKKJ EEBBBE| Tho' youth may boast the curls that flow | A |
| In sunny waves of auburn glow | A |
| As graceful on thy hoary head | B |
| Has time the robe of honor spread | B |
| And there oh softly softly shed | B |
| His wreath of snow | A |
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| As frost work on the trees display'd | C |
| When weeping Flora leaves the shade | C |
| E'en more than Flora charms the sight | D |
| E'en so thy locks of purest white | D |
| Survive in age's frost work bright | D |
| Youth's vernal rose decay'd | C |
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| To grace the nymph whose tresses play | E |
| Light on the sportive breeze of May | E |
| Let other bards the garland twine | F |
| Where sweets of ev'ry hue combine | F |
| Those locks rever'd that silvery shine | F |
| Invite my lay | E |
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| Less white the summer cloud sublime | G |
| Less white the winter's fringing rime | G |
| Nor do Belinda's lovelier seem | G |
| 'A poet's blest immortal theme' | G |
| Than thine which wear the moonlight beam | G |
| Of rev'rend time | G |
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| Long may the graceful honors smile | H |
| Like moss on some declining pile | H |
| Oh much rever'd may filial care | I |
| Around thee duteous long repair | I |
| Thy joys with tender bliss to share | I |
| Thy pains beguile | H |
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| Long long ye snowy ringlets wave | J |
| Long long your much lov'd beauty save | J |
| May bliss your latest ev'ning crown | K |
| Disarm life's winter of its frown | K |
| And soft ye hoary hairs go down | K |
| In gladness to the grave | J |
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| And as the parting beams of day | E |
| On mountain snows reflected play | E |
| And tints of roseate lustre shed | B |
| Thus on the snow that crowns thy head | B |
| May joy with ev'ning planet shed | B |
| His mildest ray | E |
Felicia Dorothea Hemans
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