Lines On The Death Of Captain Hiram A. Coats, My Old Schoolmate And Friend. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDC EFBCGHIFJKELMNOP ABC AABCDC DCQRSTUEVWXYZEA2B2CC 2D2 E2F2G2RH2I2J2K2L2D2M 2EVRN2| Dead or is it a dream | A |
| Only the voice of a dream | A |
| Dead in the prime of his years | B |
| And laid in the lap of the dust | C |
| Only a handful of ashes | D |
| Moldering down into dust | C |
| - | |
| Strong and manly was he | E |
| Strong and tender and true | F |
| Proud in the prime of his years | B |
| Strong in the strength of the just | C |
| A heart that was half a lion's | G |
| And half the heart of a girl | H |
| Tender to all that was tender | I |
| And true to all that was true | F |
| Bold in the battle of life | J |
| And bold on the bloody field | K |
| First at the call of his country | E |
| First in the front of the foe | L |
| Hope of the years was his | M |
| The golden and garnered sheaves | N |
| Fair on the hills of autumn | O |
| Reddened the apples of peace | P |
| - | |
| Dead or is it a dream | A |
| Dead in the prime of his years | B |
| And laid in the lap of the dust | C |
| - | |
| Aye it is but a dream | A |
| For the life of man is a dream | A |
| Dead in the prime of his years | B |
| And laid in the lap of the dust | C |
| Only a handful of ashes | D |
| Moldering down into dust | C |
| - | |
| Only a handful of ashes | D |
| Moldering down into dust | C |
| Aye but what of the breath | Q |
| Blown out of the bosom of God | R |
| What of the spirit that breathed | S |
| And burned in the temple of clay | T |
| Dust unto dust returns | U |
| The dew drop returns to the sea | E |
| The flash from the flint and the steel | V |
| Returns to its source in the sun | W |
| Change cometh forever and aye | X |
| But forever nothing is lost | Y |
| The dew drop that sinks in the sand | Z |
| Nor the sunbeam that falls in the sea | E |
| Ah life is only a link | A2 |
| In the endless chain of change | B2 |
| Death giveth the dust to the dust | C |
| And the soul to the infinite soul | C2 |
| For aye since the morning of man | D2 |
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| Since the human rose up from the brute | E2 |
| Hath Hope like a beacon of light | F2 |
| Like a star in the rift of the storm | G2 |
| Been writ by the finger of God | R |
| On the longing hearts of men | H2 |
| O follow no goblin fear | I2 |
| O cringe to no cruel creed | J2 |
| Nor chase the shadow of doubt | K2 |
| Till the brain runs mad with despair | L2 |
| Stretch forth thy hand O man | D2 |
| To the winds and the quaking earth | M2 |
| To the heaving and falling sea | E |
| To the ultimate stars and feel | V |
| The throb of the spirit of God | R |
| The pulse of the Universe | N2 |
Hanford Lennox Gordon
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