Victoria To James Moorhouse, {76} Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCE FGHGE DIJIE KLMLE NOPOE| Bishop of Melbourne who left Melbourne for the Bishopric of Manchester th March | A |
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| He came a stranger and we gave him welcome | B |
| More as loved friend than rumour's honoured guest | C |
| He spoke Were we then all so slack to listen | D |
| To hail him as our wisest noblest best | C |
| Why did he leave us | E |
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| He toiled And we we under such a leader | F |
| Forgot all other creeds but that he taught | G |
| And proud of our clear answer to his summons | H |
| Forgot all other fights but that he fought | G |
| Why did he leave us | E |
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| He wearied 'Twas too great he said the burden | D |
| We saw it and we cried with anxious love | I |
| What does he Let him back down in the battle | J |
| Is not the general's place at rest above | I |
| Why did he leave us | E |
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| He left us for a wider sphere of labour | K |
| A tinsel seat within a House that shakes | L |
| To herd with priests meal mouthed with lords and liars | M |
| That still would bind a nation's chain that breaks | L |
| Why did he leave us | E |
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| Farewell then Are there any to reproach you | N |
| In all this facile crowd that weeps and cheers | O |
| Not one But ah you yet shall listen sadly | P |
| To an echo falling faint through the dead years | O |
| Why did he leave us | E |
Francis William Lauderdale Adams
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