On The Death Of A Young Lady Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBD EFEF GHGH IEJE KLKL MNON| Cousin to the Author and very dear to him | A |
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| Hush'd are the winds and still the evening gloom | B |
| Not e'en a zephyr wanders through the grove | C |
| Whilst I return to view my Margaret's tomb | B |
| And scatter flowers on the dust I love | D |
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| Within this narrow cell reclines her clay | E |
| That clay where once such animation beam'd | F |
| The King of Terrors seized her as his prey | E |
| Not worth nor beauty have her life redeem'd | F |
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| Oh could that King of Terrors pity feel | G |
| Or heaven reverse the dread decree of fate | H |
| Not here the mourner would his grief reveal | G |
| Not here the muse her virtues would relate | H |
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| But wherefore weep Her matchless spirit soars | I |
| Beyond where splendid shines the orb of day | E |
| And weeping angels lead her to those bowers | J |
| Where endless pleasures virtuous deeds repay | E |
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| And shall presumptuous mortals Heaven arraign | K |
| And madly godlike Providence accuse | L |
| Ah no far fly from me attempts so vain | K |
| I'll ne'er submission to my God refuse | L |
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| Yet is remembrance of those virtues dear | M |
| Yet fresh the memory of that beauteous face | N |
| Still they call forth my warm affection's tear | O |
| Still in my heart retain their wonted place | N |
George Gordon Byron
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