Holiday Home Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF GBHH IIJJ KKEE LLMM NNGB MMMM OOPP QQRS TTUU VVWN XXYY ZZBB

Of all the sweet visions that come unto meA
Of happy refreshment by land or by seaA
Like oases where in life's desert I roamB
Is nothing so pleasant as Holiday HomeB
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I climb to the top of the highest of hillsC
And look to the west with affectionate thrillsC
And fancy I stand by the emerald sideD
Of charming Geneva like Switzerland's prideD
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In distant perspective unruffled it liesE
Except for the packet that paddles and pliesE
And puffing its way like a pioneer makesF
Its daily go round o'er this pearl of the lakesF
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Untroubled except for the urchins that comeG
From many a haunt that is never a homeB
Instinctive as ducklings to swim and to wadeH
Scarce knowing aforetime why water was madeH
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All placid except for the dip of the oarI
Of the skiff or the barge striking out from the shoreI
While merry excursionists shout till the galeJ
Reverberates laughter through rigging and sailJ
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How it scallops its basin and shimmers and shinesK
Like a salver of silver encompassed with vinesK
In crystal illusion reflecting the skiesE
And the mountain that seems from its bosom to riseE
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There stands a great house on a summit so highL
Like an eyrie of safety enroofed by the skyL
And I think of the rest and the comfort up thereM
To sleep and to breathe that empyreal airM
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Oh the charm of the glen and the stream and the woodN
Can never be written nor be understoodN
Except by the weary and languid who comeG
To bask in the quiet of Holiday HomeB
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From prisonlike cellars unwholesome and drearM
From attic and alley from labor severeM
For the poor and the famished doth kindness prepareM
A world of diversion and excellent fareM
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To swing in the hammock disport in the breezeO
To lie in the shade of magnificent treesO
Oh this is like quaffing from luxury's bowlP
The life giving essence for body and soulP
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Nor distance nor time shall efface from the mindQ
The influence gentle the ministry kindQ
While gratitude fondly enhallows the thoughtR
Of a home and a holiday never forgotS
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Ah one is remembered of saintliest menT
To lovely Geneva who comes not againT
Who left a sweet impress wherever he trodU
Humanity's helper companion of GodU
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In the hearts of the many there sheltered and fedV
As unto a hospice by Providence ledV
Does often a thought like a sunbeam intrudeW
Of the bounty so free and the donors so goodN
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Who of their abundance have cheerfully givenX
Wherewith to develop an embryo heavenX
To brighten conditions too hard and too sadY
And make the unhappy contented and gladY
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Be blessedness theirs who like knights of renownZ
Thus scatter such largesse o'er country and townZ
Their monument building in many a domeB
Like healthful and beautiful Holiday HomeB

Hattie Howard



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