My Old Sweetheart Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ GKGK GLGL GAGA EMENGO PQPQGG

My old sweetheart is away to dayA
I feel as I did of oldB
In my courting days when far awayA
I yearned for her more than goldB
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I thought of her handsome smiling faceC
Her noble and cultured browD
Of her gentle ways and charming graceC
I missed her less then than nowD
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Through the long years of our wedded lifeE
Now nearly a full two scoreF
She has proved herself a loving wifeE
And a sweetheart evermoreF
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Our love has grown with the flight of timeG
As the mountain stream may growH
Or as a tree in a genial climeG
When free from the frost and snowH
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The tempest may madly rage withoutI
We have lasting peace withinJ
And confidence ne'er gives place to doubtI
Nor concord to noisy dinJ
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She will soon return again to meG
From her visit in the WestK
And the dear face that I long to seeG
Will be nestling on my breastK
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And I will feel as in olden timeG
With a love not dreamed of thenL
No happier man in any climeG
Is known to the sons of menL
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And when we part at the silent tombG
'Twill be but a passing dayA
Before we meet where there is no gloomG
And sweethearts forever stayA
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Full forty six years of wedded lifeE
Enjoyed with my sweetheart hereM
They were happy years devoid of strifeE
And full of Christian cheerN
Then her Master called her spirit homeG
And I am left to walk aloneO
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Ere long my journey too will endP
And my spirit to God ariseQ
Perhaps he may my sweetheart sendP
To escort me to the skiesQ
And there with our Saviour we shall beG
Yet sweethearts still through eternityG

Joseph Horatio Chant



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Christian Ken Israel: I love this piece. It's wonderful. God bless you poet!
Deepak: A simple and hopeful poem.
April Chant: I loved reading my great grandfathers poems as a child. I love this!!
 

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