In Memoriam Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDDBEEEBDF CGCGDDGHHIJIJKKJLLLM NNNJDD O| A gentle loving thoughtful boy | A |
| But happy gay and bright | B |
| A gleam of sunshine from the sky | C |
| That filled a home with light | B |
| And whether busied with his play | D |
| Throughout the passing summer day | D |
| Or sleepless in the night | B |
| A simple song by children sung | E |
| For ever in his memory rung | E |
| Found gleeful utterance from his tongue | E |
| And filled him with delight | B |
| 'Jesus loves me He will stay | D |
| Close beside me all the way ' | F |
| - | |
| But now across the morning sky | C |
| The shade of night has rolled | G |
| Lay all his little playthings by | C |
| His hands are still and cold | G |
| His loving eyes once bright as day | D |
| Are turning to their former clay | D |
| No more the tale is told | G |
| The soul has left that pulseless breast | H |
| For regions of eternal rest | H |
| Ay but to die a child alone | I |
| Without a guard or guide | J |
| To launch into the vast unknown | I |
| Where shapeless phantoms glide | J |
| To cross the gulf no bridge can span | K |
| To realms unseen by living man | K |
| All strange and yet untried | J |
| With no familiar loved one near | L |
| To charm away his childish fear | L |
| And give him one soft word of cheer | L |
| To break the dreary void | M |
| Alas conjecture seems to swim | N |
| And reason waxes faint and dim | N |
| But faith affirms 'tis well with him | N |
| Whatever may betide | J |
| Jesus loves him He will stay | D |
| Close beside him all the way | D |
| - | |
| February | O |
Joseph Furphy
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