The Sisters - A Picture By Barry Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH DJFJ KEDE LMNM| The shade for me but over thee | A |
| The lingering sunshine still | B |
| As smiling to the silent stream | C |
| Comes down the singing rill | B |
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| So come to me my little one | D |
| My years with thee I share | E |
| And mingle with a sister's love | F |
| A mother's tender care | E |
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| But keep the smile upon thy lip | G |
| The trust upon thy brow | H |
| Since for the dear one God hath called | I |
| We have an angel now | H |
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| Our mother from the fields of heaven | D |
| Shall still her ear incline | J |
| Nor need we fear her human love | F |
| Is less for love divine | J |
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| The songs are sweet they sing beneath | K |
| The trees of life so fair | E |
| But sweetest of the songs of heaven | D |
| Shall be her children's prayer | E |
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| Then darling rest upon my breast | L |
| And teach my heart to lean | M |
| With thy sweet trust upon the arm | N |
| Which folds us both unseen | M |
John Greenleaf Whittier
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