Inscription For A Monument To The Memory Of Cowper Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOAPQRS TUVW| Reader if with no vulgar sympathy | A |
| Thou view'st the wreck of genius and of worth | B |
| Stay thou thy footsteps near this hallow'd spot | C |
| Here Cowper rests Although renown have made | D |
| His name familiar to thine ear this stone | E |
| May tell thee that his virtues were above | F |
| The common portion that the voice now hush'd | G |
| In death was once serenely querulous | H |
| With pity's tones and in the ear of woe | I |
| Spake music Now forgetful at thy feet | J |
| His tired head presses on its last long rest | K |
| Still tenant of the tomb and on the cheek | L |
| Once warm with animation's lambent flush | M |
| Sits the pale image of unmark'd decay | N |
| Yet mourn not He had chosen the better part | O |
| And these sad garments of Mortality | A |
| Put off we trust that to a happier land | P |
| He went a light and gladsome passenger | Q |
| Sigh'st thou for honours reader Call to mind | R |
| That glory's voice is impotent to pierce | S |
| The silence of the tomb but virtue blooms | T |
| Even on the wreck of life and mounts the skies | U |
| So gird thy loins with lowliness and walk | V |
| With Cowper on the pilgrimage of Christ | W |
Henry Kirk White
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