Poet John Greenleaf Whittier

John Greenleaf Whittier

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The Poet And The Children Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCDC EFGF HIJI KKDK GLML NOPQ MRSR TUDU MLVL LDM

LONGFELLOWA
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WITH a glory of winter sunshineB
Over his locks of grayC
In the old historic mansionD
He sat on his last birthdayC
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With his books and his pleasant picturesE
And his household and his kinF
While a sound as of myriads singingG
From far and near stole inF
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It came from his own fair cityH
From the prairie's boundless plainI
From the Golden Gate of sunsetJ
And the cedarn woods of MaineI
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And his heart grew warm within himK
And his moistening eyes grew dimK
For he knew that his country's childrenD
Were singing the songs of himK
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The lays of his life's glad morningG
The psalms of his evening timeL
Whose echoes shall float foreverM
On the winds of every climeL
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All their beautiful consolationsN
Sent forth like birds of cheerO
Came flocking back to his windowsP
And sang in the Poet's earQ
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Grateful but solemn and tenderM
The music rose and fellR
With a joy akin to sadnessS
And a greeting like farewellR
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With a sense of awe he listenedT
To the voices sweet and youngU
The last of earth and the first of heavenD
Seemed in the songs they sungU
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And waiting a little longerM
For the wonderful change to comeL
He heard the Summoning AngelV
Who calls God's children homeL
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And to him in a holier welcomeL
Was the mystical meaning givenD
Of the words of the blessed MasterM
'Of such is the kingdom of heaven '-

John Greenleaf Whittier



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