Sweet Echo Dell Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAA BBB CBBBC BBB DDB EEB FFB GGG HHG IIG GGG| quot Three there were that left my cot | A |
| Two are here and one is not | A |
| Why does Willie linger Say can you tell quot | A |
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| quot He was weary by the way | B |
| When we came he could but stay | B |
| In the shady grove at Sweet Echo Dell quot | B |
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| Echo Dell Echo Dell Echo Dell Echo Dell | C |
| It was there we softly said quot Farewell quot quot Farewell quot | B |
| And the towering granite crest | B |
| Nobly guards his place rest | B |
| Near the lovely lake of Sweet Echo Dell | C |
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| quot Is he laden well with gold | B |
| Does he bring me wealth untold | B |
| Why then does he linger Say can you tell quot | B |
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| quot All his treasures are above | D |
| All he sent you was his love | D |
| With a whispered prayer from Sweet Echo Dell quot | B |
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| Coming homeward does he sing | E |
| Like a lark upon the wing | E |
| Why then does he linger Say can you tell quot | B |
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| Naught is heard but rippling waves | F |
| Warbling birds and shouting braves | F |
| Silent is his voice in Sweet Echo Dell quot | B |
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| quot Is he coming by and by | G |
| May I bless him ere I die | G |
| Why then does he linger Say can you tell quot | G |
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| quot Mirrored in that mountain lake | H |
| Heaven is near and he will wake | H |
| Never elsewhere than in Sweet Echo Dell quot | G |
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| quot Would you crush my only joy | I |
| Surely I shall meet my boy | I |
| When then does he linger Say can you tell quot | G |
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| quot Never will his weary feet | G |
| Travel more yet may soon meet | G |
| When your soul floats over Sweet Echo Dell quot | G |
Henry Clay Work
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