On The Death Of An Infant Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFGF HIHI| Blest Babe it at length has withdrawn | A |
| The Seraphs have rock'd it to sleep | B |
| Away with an angelic smile it has gone | A |
| And left a sad parent to weep | B |
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| It soars from the ocean of pain | C |
| On breezes of precious perfume | D |
| O be not discouraged when death is but gain | C |
| The triumph of life from the tomb | D |
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| With pleasure I thought it my own | E |
| And smil'd on its infantile charms | F |
| But some mystic bird like an eagle came down | G |
| And snatch'd it away from my arms | F |
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| Blest Babe it ascends into Heaven | H |
| It mounts with delight at the call | I |
| And flies to the bosom from whence it was given | H |
| The Parent and Patron of all | I |
George Moses Horton
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