Bayard Taylor Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CC DE FF GG HH II JJ KK LL MM NN OO PP AA| Dead he lay among his books | A |
| The peace of God was in his looks | A |
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| As the statues in the gloom | B |
| Watch o'er Maximilian's tomb | B |
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| So those volumes from their shelves | C |
| Watched him silent as themselves | C |
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| Ah his hand will nevermore | D |
| Turn their storied pages o'er | E |
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| Nevermore his lips repeat | F |
| Songs of theirs however sweet | F |
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| Let the lifeless body rest | G |
| He is gone who was its guest | G |
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| Gone as travellers haste to leave | H |
| An inn nor tarry until eve | H |
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| Traveller in what realms afar | I |
| In what planet in what star | I |
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| In what vast aerial space | J |
| Shines the light upon thy face | J |
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| In what gardens of delight | K |
| Rest thy weary feet to night | K |
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| Poet thou whose latest verse | L |
| Was a garland on thy hearse | L |
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| Thou hast sung with organ tone | M |
| In Deukalion's life thine own | M |
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| On the ruins of the Past | N |
| Blooms the perfect flower at last | N |
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| Friend but yesterday the bells | O |
| Rang for thee their loud farewells | O |
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| And to day they toll for thee | P |
| Lying dead beyond the sea | P |
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| Lying dead among thy books | A |
| The peace of God in all thy looks | A |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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