The Home-coming From Rome Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB ACAC ADAD EFEF GHGH IJIJ GKGK LBLB MNMN| Make haste There is but one more turning | A |
| The horses cannot go too fast | B |
| So eagerly our hearts are yearning | A |
| To see the longed for home at last | B |
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| Here is the shrine the lamp still burning | A |
| Beside the vineyard's massive wall | C |
| And see to welcome our returning | A |
| The banners on the flagstaffs tall | C |
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| Before the gate our servants wearing | A |
| Their brightest smiles together stand | D |
| In quaint Tyrolean style preparing | A |
| To kiss respectfully the hand | D |
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| Now too the dogs perceive their master | E |
| And rush to meet our carriage wheels | F |
| The loyal Leo first and faster | E |
| The dackels close upon his heels | F |
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| How wild the joy how loud the chorus | G |
| Our old familiar tones excite | H |
| Dear faithful creatures that adore us | G |
| How genuine their keen delight | H |
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| The door is passed the hall is entered | I |
| How true it is where'er we roam | J |
| That here alone our hearts are centered | I |
| That no place hath the charm of Home | J |
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| Here smile the pictures ranged above us | G |
| Here stand our books the best of friends | K |
| Here those we love and those who love us | G |
| Are happy that our absence ends | K |
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| We prize the intellectual treasures | L |
| On History's famous sites amassed | B |
| And precious are the varied pleasures | L |
| From Art's great glories of the past | B |
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| But well we know when once more seated | M |
| Within these rooms with volumes lined | N |
| That now the journey is completed | M |
| The best of Rome is in the mind | N |
John L. Stoddard
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