Lines On A Sleeping Child Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FGFG HIHI JKJL MNMN OPOQ RSRS| Oh child who to this evil world art come | A |
| Led by the unseen hand of Him who guards thee | B |
| Welcome unto this dungeon house thy home | C |
| Welcome to all the woe this life awards thee | B |
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| Upon thy forehead yet the badge of sin | D |
| Hath worn no trace thou look'st as though from heaven | E |
| But pain and guilt and misery lie within | D |
| Poor exile from thy happy birth land driven | E |
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| Thine eyes are sealed by the soft hand of sleep | F |
| And like unruffled waves thy slumber seems | G |
| The time's at hand when thou must wake to weep | F |
| Or sleeping walk a restless world of dreams | G |
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| How oft as day by day life's burthen lies | H |
| Heavier and darker on thy fainting soul | I |
| Wilt thou towards heaven turn thy weary eyes | H |
| And long in bitterness to reach the goal | I |
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| How oft wilt thou upon Time's flinty road | J |
| Gaze at thy far off early days in vain | K |
| Weeping how oft wilt thou cast down thy load | J |
| And curse and pray then take it up again | L |
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| How many times shall the fiend Hope extend | M |
| Her poisonous chalice to thy thirsty lips | N |
| How oft shall Love its withering sunshine lend | M |
| To leave thee only a more dark eclipse | N |
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| How oft shall Sorrow strain thee in her grasp | O |
| How oft shall Sin laugh at thine overthrow | P |
| How oft shall Doubt Despair and Anguish clasp | O |
| Their knotted arms around thine aching brow | Q |
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| Oh living soul hail to thy narrow cage | R |
| Spirit of light hail to thy gloomy cave | S |
| Welcome to longing youth to loathing age | R |
| Welcome immortal welcome to the grave | S |
Frances Anne Kemble (fanny)
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