Lines On The Tomb Of A Favorite Dog Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHIJ KLKL MNMN| HERE rests the image of a friend | A |
| Thine cherish'd BIBI thine | B |
| Oft to this spot our steps we'll bend | A |
| And call it Friendship's shrine | B |
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| Through length'ning years' successive flight | C |
| Thy fondness still had power | D |
| To shed its narrow line of light | C |
| On life's domestic hour | D |
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| And while for pleasures sought amiss | E |
| Abroad we vainly roam | F |
| How far more dear the slightest bliss | E |
| That adds one charm to home | F |
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| Let those who coldly scorn the tear | G |
| That soothes the grief we prove | H |
| Say if fidelity be dear | I |
| If love has claims to love | J |
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| Say on what hallow'd spot there lives | K |
| A heart unknown to range | L |
| That to one chosen object gives | K |
| A love no power can change | L |
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| Tell in what tender breast to find | M |
| Affection half so true | N |
| Ah BIBI who of human kind | M |
| Has learnt to love like you | N |
Helen Maria Williams
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