Lines To The Memory Of My Dear Brother, W.t.p. Carr, Esq Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA B CCDDEFGGHIJJKKLLMMNN OOPQAARRAASSTEUUQVWW XXQPYYZZA2QAAFFVVBBB 2B2RRDDJJC2C2AAD2D2E 2E2RRF2F2G2H2BBI2I2E TRRJ2J2TFA2FZZH2H2JJ K2K2F2F2RRVVBBRR R| manibus date lilia plenis | A |
| Purpureos spargam flores | A |
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| Aeneid lib vi | B |
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| Tho' no funereal grandeur swell my song | C |
| Nor genius eagle plum'd the strain prolong | C |
| Tho' Grief and Nature here alone combine | D |
| To weep my William o'er a fate like thine | D |
| Yet thy fond pray'r still ling'ring on my ear | E |
| Shall force its way thro' many a gushing tear | F |
| The Muse that saw thy op'ning beauties spread | G |
| That lov'd thee living shall lament thee dead | G |
| Ye graceful Virtues while the note I breathe | H |
| Of sweetest flow'rs entwine a fun'ral wreath | I |
| Of virgin flow'rs and place them round his tomb | J |
| To bud like him and perish in their bloom | J |
| Ah when these eyes saw thee serenely wait | K |
| The last long separating stroke of Fate | K |
| When round thy bed a kindred weeping train | L |
| Call'd on thy voice to greet them but in vain | L |
| When o'er thy lips we watch'd thy fault'ring breath | M |
| When louder grief proclaim'd th'approach of death | M |
| Thro' ev'ry vein an icy horror chill'd | N |
| Colder than marble ev'ry bosom thrill'd | N |
| Unsettled still tho' exercis'd to grieve | O |
| Scarce would my mind the alter'd sight believe | O |
| Familiar scenes a transient calm inspire | P |
| Poor flutt'ring Fancy fann'd the vain desire | Q |
| 'Till with sad proof thy wasted relics rise | A |
| And restless Nature pours uncall'd for sighs | A |
| Ah long my William shall thy picture rest | R |
| Time shall not wear it imag'd in my breast | R |
| Yes thou shall live while fond remembrance lives | A |
| 'Till he who mourns thee asks the line he gives | A |
| No common joy no fugitive delight | S |
| Regret like this could in my breast excite | S |
| For then my sorrow had been less severe | T |
| And tears less copious had bedew'd the bier | E |
| From the same breast our milky food we drew | U |
| Entwin'd affection strengthen'd as we grew | U |
| Why further trace The flatt'ring dream is o'er | Q |
| Thy transient joys and sorrows are no more | V |
| All all are fled And ah where'er I turn | W |
| Insulting Death directs me to thy urn | W |
| Throws his cold shadows round me while I sing | X |
| Damps ev'ry nerve and slackens ev'ry string | X |
| So when the Moon trims up her waning fire | Q |
| Sweep the night breezes o'er th'Aeolian lyre | P |
| Ling'ring perchance some wild pathetic sound | Y |
| Lulls the lorn ear and dies along the ground | Y |
| Ye kindred train who o'er the parting grave | Z |
| Have mourn'd the virtues which ye could not save | Z |
| Ye know how Mem'ry with excursive pow'r | A2 |
| Extracts a sweet from ev'ry faded hour | Q |
| From scenes long past regardless of repose | A |
| She feeds her tears and treasures up her woes | A |
| Thou tuneful mute companion A of my care | F |
| Where now thy notes that linger'd in the air | F |
| That linger still Vain thy harmonious store | V |
| Thy sweet persuasive triumphs are no more | V |
| Thy mournful image strikes my wand'ring eye | B |
| Sad near thy silent strings I sit and sigh | B |
| Cold is that band which Music form'd her own | B2 |
| When ev'ry chord resign'd its sweetest tone | B2 |
| Ah long fair source of rapture shall thou rest | R |
| Silent and sad neglected and unprest | R |
| 'Till years lov'd shade superior pow'rs resign | D |
| Or raise one note more eloquent than thine | D |
| Tho' with'ring Sickness mark'd thee in the womb | J |
| And form'd thy cradle but to form thy tomb | J |
| Yet like a flow'r she bade thee reach thy prime | C2 |
| The fairer victim for the stroke of Time | C2 |
| When fond Invention vainly sought thine ease | A |
| The wave salubrious and the morning breeze | A |
| When even Sleep sweet Sleep refus'd thy call | D2 |
| Sleep that with sweet refreshment smiles on all | D2 |
| When till the morn thine eyes unclos'd and damp | E2 |
| Trac'd thy sad semblance in the glimm'ring lamp | E2 |
| When from thy face Health's latest relic fled | R |
| Where Hope might flatter with reluctant tread | R |
| Still darting forward from the weight of woe | F2 |
| Thy soul with all its energy would glow | F2 |
| Still with the purest passion wouldst thou prove | G2 |
| The glow of friendship and the warmth of love | H2 |
| And ah to sacred Memory ever nigh | B |
| Thy wit and humour claim the passing sigh | B |
| When thro' the hour with unresisted skill | I2 |
| I've seen thee mould each feature to thy will | I2 |
| When friends drew round thee with attentive ear | E |
| Pleas'd with the raill'ry which they could not fear | T |
| Oh how I've heard thee with concealing art | R |
| Join in the song tho' sorrow rent thy heart | R |
| How have I seen thee too with venial guile | J2 |
| O'er many an anguish force the faithless smile | J2 |
| Seen suffering Nature check each sigh each fear | T |
| To rob maternal fondness of a tear | F |
| Alas those scenes are past Vain was the pray'r | A2 |
| That ask'd of Fate to soften and to spare | F |
| Ah vain if wit and virtue could not save | Z |
| Thy youthful honours from an early grave | Z |
| But yet if here my warm fraternal love | H2 |
| May claim alliance with the realms above | H2 |
| If kindred Nature with perpetual bloom | J |
| Transplanted springs and lives beyond the tomb | J |
| Thy pitying soul shall smile upon my grief | K2 |
| Shall feel a pang that wishes not relief | K2 |
| In visions still shall shield me as I go | F2 |
| Along this gloomy wilderness of woe | F2 |
| Shall still regard me with peculiar pride | R |
| On earth my brother and in heav'n my guide | R |
| Methinks I see thee reach th' empyrean shore | V |
| And heav'n's full chorus hails one angel more | V |
| While 'mid the seraph forms that round thee fly | B |
| Thy father meets thee with ecstatic eye | B |
| He springs exulting from his throne of rest | R |
| Extends his arms and clasps thee to his breast | R |
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| Footnote A The piano forte on which he excelled | R |
John Carr (sir)
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