Poet John L. Stoddard

John L. Stoddard

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Heimweh Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGDGD HIHJCDCD

I dwell in a region of valleys fairA
Of stately forests and mountains boldB
Of churches filled with treasures rareA
And storied castles centuries oldB
But now and then when the sun sinks lowC
And the vesper bell is softly rungD
I think of the days of long agoC
And yearn for the land where I was youngD
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I live where the sun shines bright and warmE
On feathery palms and terraced vinesF
Yet oft I sigh for a boreal stormE
And the sough of the wind through northern pinesF
And though my ear hath wonted grownG
To the accents strange of an alien tongueD
No speech hath half so sweet a toneG
As the language learned when I was youngD
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I live in a land where men are kindH
And friends increase as the years roll onI
Yet of them all not one I findH
So dear as those of the days now goneJ
And so I think as the sun sinks lowC
And the curfew bell of my life is rungD
I shall turn to my home of long agoC
And die in the land where I was youngD

John L. Stoddard



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