Division Of An Estate Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJEK EELMENOPQOEERSTUUVRW EEE EXEIYZA2| It well bespeaks a man beheaded quite | A |
| Divested of the laurel robe of life | B |
| When every member struggles for its base | C |
| The head the power of order now recedes | D |
| Unheeded efforts rise on every side | E |
| With dull emotion rolling through the brain | F |
| Of apprehending slaves The flocks and herds | G |
| In sad confusion now run to and fro | H |
| And seem to ask distressed the reason why | I |
| That they are thus prostrated Howl ye dogs | J |
| Ye cattle low ye sheep astonish'd bleat | E |
| Ye bristling swine trudge squealing through the glades | K |
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| Void of an owner to impart your food | E |
| Sad horses lift your heads and neigh aloud | E |
| And caper frantic from the dismal scene | L |
| Mow the last food upon your grass clad lea | M |
| And leave a solitary home behind | E |
| In hopeless widowhood no longer gay | N |
| The trav'ling sun of gain his journey ends | O |
| In unavailing pain he sets with tears | P |
| A king sequester'd sinking from his throne | Q |
| Succeeded by a train of busy friends | O |
| Like stars which rise with smiles to mark the flight | E |
| Of awful Phoebus to another world | E |
| Stars after stars in fleet succession rise | R |
| Into the wide empire of fortune clear | S |
| Regardless of the donor of their lamps | T |
| Like heirs forgetful of parental care | U |
| Without a grateful smile or filial tear | U |
| Redound in rev'rence to expiring age | V |
| But soon parental benediction flies | R |
| Like vivid meteors in a moment gone | W |
| As though they ne'er had been But O the state | E |
| The dark suspense in which poor vassals stand | E |
| Each mind upon the spire of chance hangs fluctuant | E |
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| The day of separation is at hand | E |
| Imagination lifts her gloomy curtains | X |
| Like ev'ning's mantle at the flight of day | E |
| Thro' which the trembling pinnacle we spy | I |
| On which we soon must stand with hopeful smiles | Y |
| Or apprehending frowns to tumble on | Z |
| The right or left forever | A2 |
George Moses Horton
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