Farewell To Frances Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHIH JKJK LBLB MBM| Farewell if ne'er I see thee more | A |
| Though distant calls my flight impel | B |
| I shall not less thy grace adore | A |
| So friend forever fare thee well | B |
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| Farewell forever did I say | C |
| What never more thy face to see | D |
| Then take the last fond look to day | C |
| And still to morrow think of me | D |
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| Farewell alas the tragic sound | E |
| Has many a tender bosom torn | F |
| While desolation spread around | E |
| Deserted friendship left to mourn | F |
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| Farewell awakes the sleeping tear | G |
| The dormant rill from sorrow's eye | H |
| Express'd from one by nature dear | I |
| Whose bosom heaves the latent sigh | H |
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| Farewell is but departure's tale | J |
| When fond association ends | K |
| And fate expands her lofty sail | J |
| To show the distant flight of friends | K |
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| Alas and if we sure must part | L |
| Far separated long to dwell | B |
| I leave thee with a broken heart | L |
| So friend forever fare thee well | B |
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| I leave thee but forget thee never | M |
| Words cannot my feeling tell | B |
| 'Fare thee well and if forever | M |
| Still forever fare thee well ' | - |
George Moses Horton
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