Lines On The Burial Of Mrs. Mary L. Ward, At Dale Cemetery, Sing-sing, May 3, 1853 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGI JKJK LMLM| The knell was tolled the requiem sung | A |
| The solemn burial service read | B |
| And tributes from the heart and tongue | A |
| Were rendered to the dead | B |
| - | |
| The dead Religion answers No | C |
| She is not dead She can not die | D |
| A mortal left this vale of wo | C |
| An angel lives on high | D |
| - | |
| The earth upon her coffin lid | E |
| Sounded a hollow harsh adieu | F |
| The mound arose and she was hid | E |
| For ever from the view | F |
| - | |
| For ever Drearily the thought | G |
| Passed like an ice bolt through the brain | H |
| When Faith the recollection brought | G |
| That we shall meet again | I |
| - | |
| The mourners wound their silent way | J |
| Adown the mountain's gentle slope | K |
| Which basking in the smile of May | J |
| Looked cheerfully as hope | K |
| - | |
| As hope What hope That boundless One | L |
| God in His love and mercy gave | M |
| Which brightens with salvation's sun | L |
| The darkness of the grave | M |
George Pope Morris
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