An Elegy On Parting Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEEFFGHIIJJKKLMNN OOPPQQRSTT| It was a sad ay 'twas a sad farewell | A |
| I still afresh the pangs of parting feel | B |
| Against my breast my heart impatient beat | C |
| And in deep sighs bemoan'd its cruel fate | D |
| Thus with the object of my love to part | E |
| My life my joy 'twould rend a rocky heart | E |
| Where'er I turn myself where'er I go | F |
| I meet the image of my lovely foe | F |
| With witching charms the phantom still appears | G |
| And with her wanton smiles insults my tears | H |
| Still haunts the places where we used to walk | I |
| And where with raptures oft I heard her talk | I |
| Those scenes I now with deepest sorrow view | J |
| And sighing bid to all delight adieu | J |
| While I my head upon this turf recline | K |
| Officious sun in vain on me you shine | K |
| In vain unto the smiling fields I hie | L |
| In vain the flowery meads salute my eye | M |
| In vain the cheerful birds and shepherds sing | N |
| And with their carols make the valleys ring | N |
| Yea all the pleasure that the country yield | O |
| Can't me from sorrow for her absence shield | O |
| With divine pleasure books which one inspire | P |
| Yea books themselves I do not now admire | P |
| But hark methinks some pitying power I hear | Q |
| This welcome message whisper in my ear | Q |
| Forget thy groundless griefs dejected swain | R |
| You and the nymph you love shall meet again | S |
| No more your muse shall sing such mournful lays | T |
| But bounteous heaven and your kind mistress praise | T |
James Thomson
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