Rose In The Garden Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKLK MNON CPQP RSCS TOUO VWXW EYZY A2B2C2B2 D2E2F2E2 G2PH2P I2B2J2B2 PUE2U K2J2L2J2 M2NN2N O2K2P2K2 Q2R2S2R2 MT2ET2 U2BV2B| Thirty years have come and gone | A |
| Melting away like Southern Snows | B |
| Since in the light of a summer's night | C |
| I went to the garden to seek my Rose | B |
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| Mine Do you hear it silver moon | D |
| Flooding my heart with your mellow shine | E |
| Mine Be witness ye distant stars | F |
| Looking on me with eyes divine | E |
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| Tell me tell me wandering winds | G |
| Whisper it if you may not speak | H |
| Did you ever in all your round | I |
| Fan a lovelier brow or cheek | H |
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| Long I nursed in my heart the love | J |
| Love which felt but dared not tell | K |
| Till I scarcely know how or when | L |
| It found wild words and all was well | K |
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| I can hear her sweet voice even now | M |
| It makes my pulses leap and thrill | N |
| I owe you more than I well can pay | O |
| You may take me Robert if you will | N |
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| One pleasant summer night | C |
| the garden walks alone | P |
| Looking about with restless eyes | Q |
| Wondering whither my Rose had flown | P |
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| Till from a leafy arbor near | R |
| There came to my ears the sound of speech | S |
| Who can be with Rose to night | C |
| Let me hide me under the beach | S |
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| It must be one of her female friends | T |
| Talking with her in the gloaming gray | O |
| Perchance I thought they may speak of me | U |
| Let me listen to what they say | O |
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| This I said with a careless smile | V |
| And a joyous heart that was free from fears | W |
| Little I dreamed that the words I heard | X |
| Would weigh on my heavy heart for years | W |
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| Rose my Rose for your heart is mine | E |
| I heard in a low voice passion fraught | Y |
| In the sight of Heaven we are truly one | Z |
| Why will you cast me away for naught | Y |
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| Will you give your hand where your heart goes not | A2 |
| To a man who is grave and stern and old | B2 |
| And whose love compared with my passion heat | C2 |
| As the snow of the frozen North is cold | B2 |
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| And Rose I could feel her cheek grow pale | D2 |
| Her voice was tremulous then grew strong | E2 |
| Richard she said your words are wild | F2 |
| And you do my guardian bitter wrong | E2 |
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| Did you never hear how years gone by | G2 |
| She spoke in a tremulous undertone | P |
| Bereft of friends o'er the world's highways | H2 |
| I wandered forth as a child alone | P |
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| He opened to me his home and heart | I2 |
| He whom you call so stern and cold | B2 |
| And my grateful heart I may well bestow | J2 |
| On him for his kindness manifold | B2 |
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| Rose he said in a saddened tone | P |
| I thank him for all he has done for thee | U |
| He has acted nobly I did him wrong | E2 |
| But is there no voice in your heart for me | U |
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| And Rose she trembled I felt it all | K2 |
| I heard her quick breath come and go | J2 |
| Her voice was broken she only said | L2 |
| Have pity Richard and let me go | J2 |
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| And then Heaven gave me strength I think | M2 |
| I stood before them calm and still | N |
| You might have thought my tranquil breast | N2 |
| Had never known one passion thrill | N |
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| And they alternate flushed and paled | O2 |
| Rose tottered and I feared would fall | K2 |
| I caught her in supporting arms | P2 |
| And whispered Rose I heard it all | K2 |
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| I had a dream but it is passed | Q2 |
| That we might journey hand in hand | R2 |
| Along the rugged steeps of life | S2 |
| Until we reached God's promised land | R2 |
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| This was my dream 'tis over now | M |
| Thank Heaven it is not yet too late | T2 |
| I pray no selfish act of mine | E |
| May keep two young hearts separate | T2 |
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| I placed her passive hand in his | U2 |
| With how much pain God only knows | B |
| And blessing him for her sweet sake | V2 |
| I left him standing with my Rose | B |
Horatio Alger, Jr.
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