Lines To My Mother, On Her Attaining Her 70th Year. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EEFFBBCC| Oh with what genuine pleasure do I trace | A |
| Each line of that long lov'd accustom'd face | A |
| Where Time as if enchanted and imprest | B |
| With all the virtues of thy peaceful breast | B |
| Tho' sev'nty varied years have roll'd away | C |
| Still loves to linger and with soft decay | C |
| Permits thy cheek to wear a healthy bloom | D |
| In all the grace of age without its gloom | D |
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| So on some sacred temple's mossy walls | E |
| With feath'ry force the snow of winter falls | E |
| Yes venerable parent may I long | F |
| Thus happy hail thee with an annual song | F |
| Till having clos'd thine eyes in such soft rest | B |
| As infants feel when to the bosom prest | B |
| Angels shall bear thy spotless soul away | C |
| To realms of pure delight and endless day | C |
John Carr (sir)
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