There Is An Hour, A Pensive Hour Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDEFG HHAAIJKK LLMMNNKK| THERE is an hour a pensive hour | A |
| And oh how dear its soothing pow'r | B |
| It is when twilight spreads her veil | C |
| And steals along the silent dale | C |
| 'Tis when the fading blossoms close | D |
| When all is silence and repose | E |
| Then memory wakes and loves to mourn | F |
| For days that never shall return | G |
| - | |
| There is a strain a plaintive strain | H |
| The source of joy and yet of pain | H |
| It is the song whose dying measure | A |
| Some friend belov'd has heard with pleasure | A |
| Some friend who ne'er again may hear | I |
| The melting lay to memory dear | J |
| Ah then her magic spells restore | K |
| Visions of blissful days no more | K |
| - | |
| There is a tear of sweet relief | L |
| A tear of rapture and of grief | L |
| The feeling heart alone can know | M |
| What soft emotions bid it flow | M |
| It is when memory charms the mind | N |
| With tender images refin'd | N |
| 'Tis when her balmy spells restore | K |
| Departed friends and joys no more | K |
Felicia Dorothea Hemans
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