Passing And Permanent Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJIJKLKL MNMNOPMQ FRFRSTST| Stately boats with happy crowds | A |
| Passing up the lake | B |
| Leaving under sunset clouds | A |
| Jewels in your wake | B |
| From my garden's sheltered strand | C |
| I can watch you glide | D |
| As through some enchanted land | C |
| On a silver tide | D |
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| To your eyes O joyous throng | E |
| All this scene is new | F |
| Like a burst of seraphs' song | E |
| Comes its matchless view | F |
| You have traversed land and sea | G |
| For this wondrous sight | H |
| Which the gods vouchsafe to me | G |
| Every day and night | H |
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| One long serial pageant this | I |
| Of supreme content | J |
| Every face suffused with bliss | I |
| Every eye intent | J |
| Griefs and troubles slip away | K |
| On this charming shore | L |
| And throughout a transient stay | K |
| Will return no more | L |
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| Yet beware Gardens fair | M |
| Lake and snow capped crest | N |
| For a while may banish care | M |
| From the saddest breast | N |
| But it quickly even here | O |
| Finds the heart again | P |
| With the old time sigh and tear | M |
| And the well known pain | Q |
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| Careless crew I envy you | F |
| You will grieve to go | R |
| But believe me if you knew | F |
| You would choose it so | R |
| Leave the lake while still you laugh | S |
| Be content to pass | T |
| Though its wine be sweet to quaff | S |
| Do not drain your glass | T |
John L. Stoddard
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