To The Memory Of Heber Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDD EFEFGG HIHIJJ KLMLNN LOPQRR S| If it be sad to speak of treasures gone | A |
| Of sainted genius call'd too soon away | B |
| Of light from this world taken while it shone | C |
| Yet kindling onward to the perfect day | B |
| How shall our grief if mournful these things be | D |
| Flow forth oh Thou of many gifts for thee | D |
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| Hath not thy voice been here amongst us heard | E |
| And that deep soul of gentleness and power | F |
| Have we not felt its breath in every word | E |
| Wont from thy lip as Hermon's dew to shower | F |
| Yes in our hearts thy fervent thoughts have burn'd | G |
| Of heaven they were and thither have return'd | G |
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| How shall we mourn thee With a lofty trust | H |
| Our life's immortal birthright from above | I |
| With a glad faith whose eye to track the just | H |
| Thro' shades and mysteries lifts a glance of love | I |
| And yet can weep for nature thus deplores | J |
| The friend that leaves us tho' for happier shores | J |
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| And one high tone of triumph o'er thy bier | K |
| One strain of solemn rapture be allow'd | L |
| Thou that rejoicing on thy mid career | M |
| Not to decay but unto death hast bow'd | L |
| In those bright regions of the rising sun | N |
| Where victory ne'er a crown like thine had won | N |
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| Praise for yet one more name with power endow'd | L |
| To cheer and guide us onward as we press | O |
| Yet one more image on the heart bestow'd | P |
| To dwell there beautiful in holiness | Q |
| Thine Heber thine whose memory from the dead | R |
| Shines as the star which to the Saviour led | R |
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| ST ASAPH Sept | S |
Felicia Dorothea Hemans
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