Dulcis Memoria Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCB DBDBCCB EBEBFFB GBGBCCH| Long long ago I heard a little song | A |
| Ah was it long ago or yesterday | B |
| So lowly slowly wound the tune along | A |
| That far into my heart it found the way | B |
| A melody consoling and endearing | C |
| And still in silent hours I'm often hearing | C |
| The small sweet song that does not die away | B |
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| Long long ago I saw a little flower | D |
| Ah was it long ago or yesterday | B |
| So fair of face and fragrant for an hour | D |
| That something dear to me it seemed to say | B |
| A thought of joy that blossomed into being | C |
| Without a word and now I'm often seeing | C |
| The friendly flower that does not fade away | B |
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| Long long ago we had a little child | E |
| Ah was it long ago or yesterday | B |
| Into his mother's eyes and mine he smiled | E |
| Unconscious love warm in our arms he lay | B |
| An angel called Dear heart we could not hold him | F |
| Yet secretly your arms and mine infold him | F |
| Our little child who does not go away | B |
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| Long long ago Ah memory make it clear | G |
| It was not long ago but yesterday | B |
| So little and so helpless and so dear | G |
| Let not the song be lost the flower decay | B |
| His voice his waking eyes his gentle sleeping | C |
| The smallest things are safest in thy keeping | C |
| Sweet memory keep our child with us always | H |
Henry Van Dyke
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