Lillie Of The Snowstorm Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GH CH IJIJAKCK LIKICMNM COCPQRDS| To his home his once white once lov'd cottage | A |
| Late at night a poor inebriate came | B |
| To his wife the waiting wife and daughter | C |
| Who for him had fann'd the midnight flame | B |
| Rudely met they answer'd him with kindness | D |
| Gave him all their own untasted store | E |
| 'Twas but small and he with awful curses | F |
| Spurn'd the gift and drove them from the door | E |
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| While the storm the wild wild wintry tempest | G |
| Swept across the prairies cold and white | H |
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| What a shame that Lillie and her mother | C |
| Were abroad on such a fearful night | H |
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| Far across the prairie stood a dwelling | I |
| Where from harm they oft had found retreat | J |
| Thither now all brave and uncomplaining | I |
| Did they urge their weary wayworn feet | J |
| But their strength unequal to their courage | A |
| Fail'd them as they wander'd to and fro | K |
| Till at last the feeble fainting mother | C |
| Speechless sank upon the drifted snow | K |
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| Lillie prays the harps are hush'd in Heaven | L |
| Angels poise them midway in the sky | I |
| Up from earth there comes a wail of sorrow | K |
| Such a wail as must be heard on High | I |
| Father dear my other better Father | C |
| Won't you hear your daughter Lillie pray | M |
| Won't you send some strong and careful angel | N |
| Who will help my mother on her way | M |
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| Morning dawns the husband and the father | C |
| Sober'd now to seek his flock has come | O |
| Lillie dear is living but her mother | C |
| Hours ago an angel bore her home | P |
| Ah poor man how bitter is his anguish | Q |
| As he now repents his punish'd sins | R |
| Bending o'er the child who half unconscious | D |
| Sadly cries Please father let us in | S |
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