Memoria In ëterna Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDDEFGGGG HHDDIIJJKKDD LLMMMMNNNOOO PPQQRSTTUUOOSweet Memory thou faculty divine | A |
Triumphant o'er the cruel hand of Time | B |
On thy tablets we may trace | C |
The lines his fingers ne'er efface | C |
And take with us till latest day | D |
The images that light our way | D |
And picture thus in a shadowy form | E |
The loved and lost he's from us torn | F |
Their lids by Death so early sealed | G |
Life's crimson tide by him congealed | G |
The tyrant has not all concealed | G |
They in thy mirror still revealed | G |
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Before the morning sunbeams kissed | H |
The face of Nature veiled in mist | H |
And heralded with golden ray | D |
The opening of the perfect day | D |
Ere yet the sable shades of night | I |
At dawn's approach had winged their flight | I |
We've listed to the whispering breeze | J |
That's wafted o'er the trembling trees | J |
And seemed to hear the voices sweet | K |
Of loved ones now we ne'er can meet | K |
Till earthly night shall pass away | D |
Supplanted by immortal day | D |
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And thus in retrospective mood | L |
Alone with Nature's solitude | L |
In some secluded sylvan dell | M |
Her myriad voices float and swell | M |
And flitting shadows softly tell | M |
Of dear ones lost yet loved so well | M |
Then to the sunny home where dwelt | N |
Ere yet the envious tyrant dealt | N |
The blow that blighted hopes have felt | N |
Fond fancy wanders and can see | O |
Once happy scenes that ne'er can be | O |
Lost in thy shades O Memory | O |
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But those to us so cruelly denied | P |
Are drifting now upon some fairer tide | P |
Their scattered ashes on Hope's pinions rise | Q |
And people realms beyond the azure skies | Q |
Then may our faltering footsteps lead | R |
To where fond hearts may never bleed | S |
Where vanished faces cherished forms | T |
Are anchored safe from life's rude storms | T |
Where strains seraphic soft and low | U |
The rapt ear greet and we shall know | U |
The loved and lost we only see | O |
In visions of sweet Memory | O |
George W. Doneghy
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