Dedication Poem Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEFE CGHI JKLK MNDN OPOP QRFR CSHS LTUT CTFT VWLW FQXQ CYZY A2B2C2B2 D2E2F2E2| Dedication Poem on the reception of the annex to | A |
| the home for aged colored people from the bequest of | B |
| Mr Edward T Parker | C |
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| Outcast from her home in Syria | D |
| In the lonely dreary wild | E |
| Heavy hearted sorrow stricken | F |
| Sat a mother and her child | E |
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| There was not a voice to cheer her | C |
| Not a soul to share her fate | G |
| She was weary he was fainting | H |
| And life seemed so desolate | I |
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| Far away in sunny Egypt | J |
| Was lone Hagar's native land | K |
| Where the Nile in kingly bounty | L |
| Scatters bread with gracious hand | K |
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| In the tents of princely Abram | M |
| She for years had found a home | N |
| Till the stern decree of Sarah | D |
| Sent her forth the wild to roam | N |
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| Hour by hour she journeyed onward | O |
| From the shelter of their tent | P |
| Till her footsteps slowly faltered | O |
| And the water all was spent | P |
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| Then she veiled her face in sorrow | Q |
| Feared her child would die of thirst | R |
| Till her eyes with tears so holden | F |
| Saw a sparkling fountain burst | R |
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| Oh how happy was that mother | C |
| What a soothing of her pain | S |
| When she saw her child reviving | H |
| Life rejoicing through each vein | S |
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| Does not life repeat this story | L |
| Tell it over day by day | T |
| Of the fountains of refreshment | U |
| Ever springing by our way | T |
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| Here is one by which we gather | C |
| On this bright and happy day | T |
| Just to bask beside a fountain | F |
| Making gladder life's highway | T |
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| Bringing unto hearts now aged | V |
| Who have borne life's burdens long | W |
| Such a gift of love and mercy | L |
| As deserves our sweetest song | W |
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| Such a gift that even heaven | F |
| May rejoice with us below | Q |
| If the pure and holy angels | X |
| Join us in our joy and woe | Q |
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| May the memory of the giver | C |
| In this home where age may rest | Y |
| Float like fragrance through the ages | Z |
| Ever blessing ever blest | Y |
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| When the gates of pearl are opened | A2 |
| May we there this friend behold | B2 |
| Drink with him from living fountains | C2 |
| Walk with him the streets of gold | B2 |
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| When life's shattered cords of music | D2 |
| Shall again be sweetly sung | E2 |
| Then our hearts with life immortal | F2 |
| Shall be young forever young | E2 |
Frances E. W. Harper
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