Dulce Domum Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DDEE F GGHH IIJJ G KLMM G NNOO G PPQQ G RSTT GAN OLD LATIN ODE | A |
SUNG ANNUALLY BY THE WlNCHESTER BOYS UPON | B |
LEAVING COLLEGE AT THE VACATION Translated at the Request of DR JOSEPH WARTON | C |
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LOV'D Companions let us sing | D |
Wake the dear according string | D |
Come with gladness fill the dome | E |
Pour the happy song of Home | E |
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CHORUS | F |
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Now sweet Home our steps are free | G |
Now sweet Home we fly to thee | G |
Let the vaulted roofs resound | H |
Sacred Home with blessings crown'd | H |
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Learning thorny are thy ways | I |
Thought is weary of the maze | I |
Let us seek awhile the goal | J |
Where affection rests her soul | J |
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CHORUS Now sweet Home c | G |
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Now O toiling Muse repose | K |
Muse the classic volume close | L |
Bid the cares of study cease | M |
Give the vacant hours to peace | M |
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CHORUS Now sweet Home c | G |
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Joyful with the smiling year | N |
We will smile for Home is near | N |
Strangers will our song repeat | O |
Strangers feel that Home is sweet | O |
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CHORUS Now sweet Home c | G |
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Bring O bring th' impatient steed | P |
Let us to the threshold speed | P |
Where we shed the tear of bliss | Q |
Where we meet a mother's kiss | Q |
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CHORUS Now sweet Home c | G |
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Home of childhood swell the strain | R |
While we hail thy gates again | S |
Why Aurora thus delay | T |
Slothful goddess give the day | T |
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CHORUS Now sweet Home c | G |
Helen Maria Williams
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