Dulce Domum Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABC DDEE F GGHH IIJJ G KLMM G NNOO G PPQQ G RSTT G

AN OLD LATIN ODEA
SUNG ANNUALLY BY THE WlNCHESTER BOYS UPONB
LEAVING COLLEGE AT THE VACATION Translated at the Request of DR JOSEPH WARTONC
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LOV'D Companions let us singD
Wake the dear according stringD
Come with gladness fill the domeE
Pour the happy song of HomeE
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CHORUSF
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Now sweet Home our steps are freeG
Now sweet Home we fly to theeG
Let the vaulted roofs resoundH
Sacred Home with blessings crown'dH
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Learning thorny are thy waysI
Thought is weary of the mazeI
Let us seek awhile the goalJ
Where affection rests her soulJ
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CHORUS Now sweet Home cG
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Now O toiling Muse reposeK
Muse the classic volume closeL
Bid the cares of study ceaseM
Give the vacant hours to peaceM
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CHORUS Now sweet Home cG
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Joyful with the smiling yearN
We will smile for Home is nearN
Strangers will our song repeatO
Strangers feel that Home is sweetO
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CHORUS Now sweet Home cG
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Bring O bring th' impatient steedP
Let us to the threshold speedP
Where we shed the tear of blissQ
Where we meet a mother's kissQ
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CHORUS Now sweet Home cG
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Home of childhood swell the strainR
While we hail thy gates againS
Why Aurora thus delayT
Slothful goddess give the dayT
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CHORUS Now sweet Home cG

Helen Maria Williams



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