Ad Matrem Dolorosam Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDD EFGFHH IJIJKK| Think not thy little fountain's rain | A |
| That in the sunlight rose and flashed | B |
| From the bright sky has fallen again | C |
| To cold and shadowy silence dashed | B |
| The Joy that in her radiance leapt | D |
| From everlasting hath not slept | D |
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| The hand that to thy hand was dear | E |
| The untroubled eyes that mirrored thine | F |
| The voice that gave thy soul to hear | G |
| A whisper of the Love Divine | F |
| What though the gold was mixed with dust | H |
| The gold is thine and cannot rust | H |
| - | |
| Nor fear because thy darling's heart | I |
| No longer beats with mortal life | J |
| That she has missed the ennobling part | I |
| Of human growth and human strife | J |
| Only she has the eternal peace | K |
| Wherein to reap the soul's increase | K |
Henry John Newbolt, Sir
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