To A Departing Favorite Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAAB CACCA DEDDE FGFFH| Thou mayst retire but think of me | A |
| When thou art gone afar | B |
| Where'er in life thy travels be | A |
| If tost along the brackish sea | A |
| Or borne upon the car | B |
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| Thou mayst retire I care not where | C |
| Thy name my theme shall be | A |
| With thee in heart I shall be there | C |
| Content thy good or ill to share | C |
| If dead to lodge with thee | A |
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| Thou mayst retire beyond the deep | D |
| And leave thy sister train | E |
| To roam the wilds where dangers sleep | D |
| And leave affection sad to weep | D |
| In bitterness and pain | E |
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| Thou mayst retire and yet be glad | F |
| To leave me thus alone | G |
| Lamenting and bewailing sad | F |
| Farewell thy sunk deluded lad | F |
| May rise when thou art gone | H |
George Moses Horton
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