The Old Church Bell. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFC GGCDEFC HHCDEFC IICDEFC JJCDEFC| It hangs today where it has hung for fifty years or more | A |
| But some who loved its silver tones the church yard covers o'er | B |
| And many are the times since then with deep and solemn knell | C |
| Has tolled for dear departed ones the | D |
| Old | E |
| Church | F |
| Bell | C |
| - | |
| Within a latticed tower it swings high up above the street | G |
| And every Sabbath morn is heard the music clear and sweet | G |
| Which floats above the village roofs and over hill and dell | C |
| Upborne upon the vagrant wind from the | D |
| Old | E |
| Church | F |
| Bell | C |
| - | |
| Full many a change the hand of Time has in the village wrought | H |
| And passing years have often been with grief and anguish fraught | H |
| Yet age has never changed its tones and years cannot dispel | C |
| The magic of the music from the | D |
| Old | E |
| Church | F |
| Bell | C |
| - | |
| Since it was placed within the tower in days of long ago | I |
| The tempests wild have round it raved and many a driven snow | I |
| Has sifted through the slats up there and mantled as it fell | C |
| In robes of white its dwelling place and the | D |
| Old | E |
| Church | F |
| Bell | C |
| - | |
| Though gone from earth and earthly things forever passed away | J |
| The faithful ones who loved while here its summons to obey | J |
| Now rest beyond the tide of Time with rapture long to dwell | C |
| For there their footsteps guided were by the | D |
| Old | E |
| Church | F |
| Bell | C |
George W. Doneghy
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