To The Memory Of Mrs. Lefroy Who Died Dec:r 16 -- My Birthday. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFGF HIH GJGJ KDKD LMLM NONO PQRQ STST DNDD UVUW XSXS| The day returns again my natal day | A |
| What mix'd emotions with the Thought arise | B |
| Beloved friend four years have pass'd away | A |
| Since thou wert snatch'd forever from our eyes | B |
| The day commemorative of my birth | C |
| Bestowing Life and Light and Hope on me | D |
| Brings back the hour which was thy last on Earth | C |
| Oh bitter pang of torturing Memory | D |
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| Angelic Woman past my power to praise | E |
| In Language meet thy Talents Temper mind | F |
| Thy solid Worth they captivating Grace | G |
| Thou friend and ornament of Humankind | F |
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| At Johnson's death by Hamilton t'was said | H |
| 'Seek we a substitute Ah vain the plan | I |
| No second best remains to Johnson dead | H |
| None can remind us even of the Man ' | - |
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| So we of thee unequall'd in thy race | G |
| Unequall'd thou as he the first of Men | J |
| Vainly we wearch around the vacant place | G |
| We ne'er may look upon thy like again | J |
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| Come then fond Fancy thou indulgant Power | K |
| Hope is desponding chill severe to thee | D |
| Bless thou this little portion of an hour | K |
| Let me behold her as she used to be | D |
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| I see her here with all her smiles benign | L |
| Her looks of eager Love her accents sweet | M |
| That voice and Countenance almost divine | L |
| Expression Harmony alike complete | M |
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| I listen 'tis not sound alone 'tis sense | N |
| 'Tis Genius Taste and Tenderness of Soul | O |
| 'Tis genuine warmth of heart without pretence | N |
| And purity of Mind that crowns the whole | O |
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| She speaks 'tis Eloquence that grace of Tongue | P |
| So rare so lovely Never misapplied | Q |
| By her to palliate Vice or deck a Wrong | R |
| She speaks and reasons but on Virtue's side | Q |
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| Her's is the Engergy of Soul sincere | S |
| Her Christian Spirit ignorant to feign | T |
| Seeks but to comfort heal enlighten chear | S |
| Confer a pleasure or prevent a pain | T |
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| Can ought enhance such Goodness Yes to me | D |
| Her partial favour from my earliest years | N |
| Consummates all Ah Give me yet to see | D |
| Her smile of Love the Vision diappears | D |
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| 'Tis past and gone We meet no more below | U |
| Short is the Cheat of Fancy o'er the Tomb | V |
| Oh might I hope to equal Bliss to go | U |
| To meet thee Angel in thy future home | W |
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| Fain would I feel an union in thy fate | X |
| Fain would I seek to draw an Omen fair | S |
| From this connection in our Earthly date | X |
| Indulge the harmless weakness Reason spare | S |
Jane Austen
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