Retirement Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFCGHIJKLMNMOPMM QMRSTUMVTWMXMYZA2| My gentle friend I hold no creed so false | A |
| As that which dares to teach that we are born | B |
| For battle only and that in this life | C |
| The soul if it would burn with starlike power | D |
| Must needs forsooth be kindled by the sparks | E |
| Struck from the shock of clashing human hearts | F |
| There is a wisdom that grows up in strife | C |
| And one I like it best that sits at home | G |
| And learns its lessons of a thoughtful ease | H |
| So come a lonely house awaits thee there | I |
| Nor praise nor blame shall reach us save what love | J |
| Of knowledge for itself shall wake at times | K |
| In our own bosoms come and we will build | L |
| A wall of quiet thought and gentle books | M |
| Betwixt us and the hard and bitter world | N |
| Sometimes for we need not be anchorites | M |
| A distant friend shall cheer us through the Post | O |
| Or some Gazette of course no partisan | P |
| Shall bring us pleasant news of pleasant things | M |
| Then twisted into graceful allumettes | M |
| Each ancient joke shall blaze with genuine flame | Q |
| To light our pipes and candles but to wars | M |
| Whether of words or weapons we shall be | R |
| Deaf so we twain shall pass away the time | S |
| Ev'n as a pair of happy lovers who | T |
| Alone within some quiet garden nook | U |
| With a clear night of stars above their heads | M |
| Just hear betwixt their kisses and their talk | V |
| The tumult of a tempest rolling through | T |
| A chain of neighboring mountains they awhile | W |
| Pause to admire a flash that only shows | M |
| The smile upon their faces but full soon | X |
| Turn with a quick glad impulse and perhaps | M |
| A conscious wile that brings them closer yet | Y |
| To dally with their own fond hearts and play | Z |
| With the sweet flowers that blossom at their feet | A2 |
Henry Timrod
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