The Laurels Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLML NONO| FROM these wild rocks I look to day | A |
| O'er leagues of dancing waves and see | B |
| The far low coast line stretch away | A |
| To where our river meets the sea | B |
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| The light wind blowing off the land | C |
| Is burdened with old voices through | D |
| Shut eyes I see how lip and hand | C |
| The greeting of old days renew | D |
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| O friends whose hearts still keep their prime | E |
| Whose bright example warms and cheers | F |
| Ye teach us how to smile at Time | E |
| And set to music all his years | F |
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| I thank you for sweet summer days | G |
| For pleasant memories lingering long | H |
| For joyful meetings fond delays | G |
| And ties of friendship woven strong | H |
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| As for the last time side by side | I |
| You tread the paths familiar grown | J |
| I reach across the severing tide | I |
| And blend my farewells with your own | J |
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| Make room O river of our home | K |
| For other feet in place of ours | L |
| And in the summers yet to come | M |
| Make glad another Feast of Flowers | L |
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| Hold in thy mirror calm and deep | N |
| The pleasant pictures thou hast seen | O |
| Forget thy lovers not but keep | N |
| Our memory like thy laurels green | O |
John Greenleaf Whittier
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