Indolence. [1] Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDAA EEFFGG| I turn aside and in the pause might start | A |
| As Mem'ry's elbow leans upon Time's Chart | A |
| Which shows alas how soon all men must glide | B |
| Over meridians on life's ocean tide | B |
| Meridians showing how both youth and sage | C |
| Are sailing northward to the zone of age | C |
| On to an atmosphere of gloom I wist | D |
| Where mariners are lost in melancholy mist | D |
| But gayer thoughts like spring tide swallows dart | A |
| Through youth's brave mind and animate its heart | A |
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| But Indolence is seen a pallid Ruth | E |
| A timid gleaner in the fields of youth | E |
| A wretched gath'rer of the scattered grain | F |
| Left by the reapers who have swept the plain | F |
| But with no Boaz standing by the while | G |
| To watch its figure with approving smile | G |
James Barron Hope
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