Nellie Lost And Found Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFGF HIHIJKJK LMLMNBNB OPOPQRQR SRQR| Ten o'clock the rain begins to fall | A |
| And Nellie still from home | B |
| Vainly now her loving name we call | A |
| Oh whither does she roam | B |
| Can it be she wanders from the street | C |
| Thro' the wood to find her lonely way | D |
| Bless the child I fear her little feet | C |
| Have carried her astray | D |
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| Wake the boys to search for Nellie | E |
| Stay not for the dawn | F |
| Who shall sleep when from the mother's fold | G |
| One little lamb is gone | F |
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| Eleven of o'clock the little brothers wait | H |
| Still hoping her return | I |
| Peeping through the lattice of the gate | H |
| Their darling to discern | I |
| Weary now they turn them to the door | J |
| While their tears for lips that now are dumb | K |
| Ask the question often asked before | J |
| Oh mother will she come | K |
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| Twelve o'clock and in the forest wild | L |
| What terrors rule the hour | M |
| Who can tell what foe surround the child | L |
| Or shield her from their power | M |
| Storm face and torrents to be cross'd | N |
| Beasts of prey that in the darkness roam | B |
| Would to God that only I were lost | N |
| And Nellie safe at home | B |
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| One o'clock methinks I hear a voice | O |
| With tidings in its tone | P |
| Does it bid this trembling heart rejoice | O |
| Or sorrow makes it known | P |
| Still I heard that midnight echo stirr'd | Q |
| Surely too it bears a joyful sound | R |
| Praise the Lord a mother's pray'r is heard | Q |
| The darling one is found | R |
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| Through the wood the midnight echoes | S |
| Bear a joyful sound | R |
| Praise the Lord a mother's pray'r is heard | Q |
| The darling one is found | R |
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