Lines Addressed To A.c. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDDEE A FFAAEE A GGHHEE D IIGGEE| I | A |
| DEAR Babe soft object of my care | B |
| Unseen for whom I pour my pray'r | C |
| Unknown yet priz'd all else above | D |
| The heir of my maternal love | D |
| Ah let me hail in simplest lay | E |
| Thy earliest New Year's Day | E |
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| II | A |
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| Nor past nor future cloud thy brow | F |
| Thy range of thought confin'd to now | F |
| Calm on a mother's breast you lie | A |
| And heed not if with tearful eye | A |
| For thee her wishes fondly stray | E |
| O'er many a New Year's Day | E |
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| III | A |
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| Yet soon the years in rapid flight | G |
| Shall wake thy heart to new delight | G |
| Soon shall exulting youth draw near | H |
| With charms so fresh and hopes so dear | H |
| And lovely as the bloom of May | E |
| Shall seem each New Year's Day | E |
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| IV | D |
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| But ah since Time at length will bring | I |
| No rapture on his weary wing | I |
| Then o'er thy path no longer bright | G |
| May Virtue shed a line of light | G |
| That cheers the pilgrim when his way | E |
| Leads to no New Year's Day | E |
Helen Maria Williams
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