Conjugi Carissimae Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEFGH IIHHJJ KKLLGH MMNNGH OOPPQQ RRSSGH TTUUVV WWXYGH| Marble fragment freed at last | A |
| From thy prison of the past | A |
| By a spade thrust brought to light | B |
| After centuries of night | B |
| Let me take thee in my hand | C |
| And thy legend understand | C |
| - | |
| On thy mutilated face | D |
| It is difficult to trace | D |
| All that once was graven here | E |
| But at least two words are clear | F |
| Reading still as all agree | G |
| Conjugi Carissimae | H |
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| To my well beloved wife | I |
| Only this but of her life | I |
| Rank or title age or name | H |
| Or the place from which she came | H |
| Nothing further can be known | J |
| Than is taught us by this stone | J |
| - | |
| Touching words they are which tell | K |
| Of a husband's last farewell | K |
| Cry of a despairing heart | L |
| That has seen a wife depart | L |
| On death's dark uncharted sea | G |
| Conjugi Carissimae | H |
| - | |
| Was this lady still a bride | M |
| Or a matron when she died | M |
| Had she children Was she fair | N |
| Bright with joy or bowed with care | N |
| Ah pathetic mystery | G |
| Conjugi Carissimae | H |
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| Yet in truth what matters all | O |
| Save the fact these words recall | O |
| She was loved a consort mourned | P |
| In the home she had adorned | P |
| And her husband long ago | Q |
| Left the words which tell us so | Q |
| - | |
| Strange that these alone remain | R |
| Words of mingled love and pain | R |
| Time which broke or blurred the rest | S |
| Tenderly has spared the best | S |
| For what better could there be | G |
| Conjugi Carissimae | H |
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| Ancient relic white and pure | T |
| May thine epitaph endure | T |
| While the lake with dimpled smile | U |
| Mirrors this historic isle | U |
| Precious are thy words of old | V |
| Worthy of a script of gold | V |
| - | |
| Soon upon this island's shrine | W |
| Shalt thou like a jewel shine | W |
| Dearest of its treasure trove | X |
| Emblem of a deathless love | Y |
| From its sepulchre set free | G |
| Conjugi Carissimae | H |
John L. Stoddard
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