To Mr. Henry Kirke White, By H. Welker Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEFGG| Hark 'tis some sprite who sweeps a funeral knell | A |
| For Dermody no more That fitful tone | B |
| From Eolus' wild harp alone can swell | A |
| Or Chatterton assumes the lyre unknown | B |
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| No list again 'tis Bateman's fatal sigh | C |
| Swells with the breeze and dies upon the stream | D |
| 'Tis Margaret mourns as swift she rushes by | C |
| Roused by the demons from adulterous dream | D |
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| O say sweet youth what genius fires thy soul | E |
| The same which tuned the frantic nervous strain | F |
| To the wild harp of Collins By the pole | E |
| Or 'mid the seraphim and heavenly train | F |
| Taught Milton everlasting secrets to unfold | G |
| To sing Hell's flaming gulf or Heaven high arch'd with gold | G |
Henry Kirk White
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