Answer To A Beautiful Poem, Written By Montgomery, Author Of “the Wanderer Of Switzerland,R Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FGFG GHGH IJIK LMLN OPOP QRQR OMOM STSU ABAB| Montgomery true the common lot | A |
| Of mortals lies in Lethe's wave | B |
| Yet some shall never be forgot | A |
| Some shall exist beyond the grave | B |
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| Unknown the region of his birth | C |
| The hero rolls the tide of war | D |
| Yet not unknown his martial worth | C |
| Which glares a meteor from afar | E |
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| His joy or grief his weal or woe | F |
| Perchance may 'scape the page of fame | G |
| Yet nations now unborn will know | F |
| The record of his deathless name | G |
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| The Patriot's and the Poet's frame | G |
| Must share the common tomb of all | H |
| Their glory will not sleep the same | G |
| 'That' will arise though Empires fall | H |
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| The lustre of a Beauty's eye | I |
| Assumes the ghastly stare of death | J |
| The fair the brave the good must die | I |
| And sink the yawning grave beneath | K |
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| Once more the speaking eye revives | L |
| Still beaming through the lover's strain | M |
| For Petrarch's Laura still survives | L |
| She died but ne'er will die again | N |
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| The rolling seasons pass away | O |
| And Time untiring waves his wing | P |
| Whilst honour's laurels ne'er decay | O |
| But bloom in fresh unfading spring | P |
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| All all must sleep in grim repose | Q |
| Collected in the silent tomb | R |
| The old the young with friends and foes | Q |
| Fest'ring alike in shrouds consume | R |
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| The mouldering marble lasts its day | O |
| Yet falls at length an useless fane | M |
| To Ruin's ruthless fangs a prey | O |
| The wrecks of pillar'd Pride remain | M |
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| What though the sculpture be destroy'd | S |
| From dark Oblivion meant to guard | T |
| A bright renown shall be enjoy'd | S |
| By those whose virtues claim reward | U |
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| Then do not say the common lot | A |
| Of all lies deep in Lethe's wave | B |
| Some few who ne'er will be forgot | A |
| Shall burst the bondage of the grave | B |
George Gordon Lord Byron
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