Poet John L. Stoddard

John L. Stoddard

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To The Walking-stick Of My Dead Friend Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEFEGG HIJIKK LMLMNO PQPQRS TCTCUU

To my hand thou com'st at lastA
Wand of ebon tipped with goldB
Often carried in the pastA
By a hand that now lies coldB
In his grave beyond the seaC
Many thousand miles from meC
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Faithful staff for many yearsD
Thou didst travel far and wideE
Through a life of smiles and tearsF
Rarely absent from his sideE
As the light of day for himG
Grew pathetically dimG
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When with thee he walked abroadH
Every crossing every stairI
By thy touch was first exploredJ
Ere his feet were planted thereI
With a sort of rhythmic beatK
On the pavement of the streetK
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Hence when brought to face the gloomL
Of a way to all unknownM
Called to leave his sunlit roomL
For death's darkness quite aloneM
He instinctively againN
Called to mind his faithful caneO
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To whose grasp should it descendP
Since with him it could not goQ
Surely no one save a friendP
Would receive and prize it soQ
Thus to me wast thou bequeathedR
To console a heart bereavedS
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Friendship's gift belovd wandT
Thou shalt likewise go with meC
To the shore of the BeyondT
To the dark untravelled seaC
Only left upon the strandU
When my bark puts forth from landU

John L. Stoddard



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