Harlie Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCADDEE FGGHIIJJ KLLMNNOO| Fold the little waxen hands | A |
| Lightly Let your warmest tears | B |
| Speak regrets but never fears | C |
| Heaven understands | A |
| Let the sad heart o'er the tomb | D |
| Lift again and burst in bloom | D |
| Fragrant with a prayer as sweet | E |
| As the lily at your feet | E |
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| Bend and kiss the folded eyes | F |
| They are only feigning sleep | G |
| While their truant glances peep | G |
| Into Paradise | H |
| See the face though cold and white | I |
| Holds a hint of some delight | I |
| E'en with Death whose finger tips | J |
| Rest upon the frozen lips | J |
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| When within the years to come | K |
| Vanished echoes live once more | L |
| Pattering footsteps on the floor | L |
| And the sounds of home | M |
| Let your arms in fancy fold | N |
| Little Harlie as of old | N |
| As of old and as he waits | O |
| At the City's golden gates | O |
James Whitcomb Riley
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