Hymn - Consecration Of Magnolia Cemetery Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEG HIHI| Whose was the hand that painted thee O Death | A |
| In the false aspect of a ruthless foe | B |
| Despair and sorrow waiting on thy breath | A |
| O gentle Power who could have wronged thee so | B |
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| Thou rather shouldst be crowned with fadeless flowers | C |
| Of lasting fragrance and celestial hue | D |
| Or be thy couch amid funereal bowers | C |
| But let the stars and sunlight sparkle through | D |
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| So with these thoughts before us we have fixed | E |
| And beautified O Death thy mansion here | F |
| Where gloom and gladness grave and garden mixed | E |
| Make it a place to love and not to fear | G |
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| Heaven shed thy most propitious dews around | H |
| Ye holy stars look down with tender eyes | I |
| And gild and guard and consecrate the ground | H |
| Where we may rest and whence we pray to rise | I |
Henry Timrod
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