Poet John Greenleaf Whittier

John Greenleaf Whittier

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In Peace Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABAAACDDEEFFGHGGHHIJ IJKKLLLKMNEOEOO

A track of moonlight on a quiet lakeA
Whose small waves on a silver sanded shoreB
Whisper of peace and with the low winds makeA
Such harmonies as keep the woods awakeA
And listening all night long for their sweet sakeA
A green waved slope of meadow hovered o'erC
By angel troops of lilies swaying lightD
On viewless stems with folded wings of whiteD
A slumberous stretch of mountain land far seenE
Where the low westering day with gold and greenE
Purple and amber softly blended fillsF
The wooded vales and melts among the hillsF
A vine fringed river winding to its restG
On the calm bosom of a stormless seaH
Bearing alike upon its placid breastG
With earthly flowers and heavenly' stars impressedG
The hues of time and of eternityH
Such are the pictures which the thought of theeH
O friend awakeneth charming the keen painI
Of thy departure and our sense of lossJ
Requiting with the fullness of thy gainI
Lo on the quiet grave thy life borne crossJ
Dropped only at its side methinks doth shineK
Of thy beatitude the radiant signK
No sob of grief no wild lament be thereL
To break the Sabbath of the holy airL
But in their stead the silent breathing prayerL
Of hearts still waiting for a rest like thineK
O spirit redeemed Forgive us if henceforthM
With sweet and pure similitudes of earthN
We keep thy pleasant memory freshly greenE
Of love's inheritance a priceless partO
Which Fancy's self in reverent awe is seenE
To paint forgetful of the tricks of artO
With pencil dipped alone in colors of the heartO

John Greenleaf Whittier



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