Lois House Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCC DDEE BFGH AAII FJKK LLBB BMBB BBNN OPQQ RNST KKLL UUVV| i Air Saphrona's Farewell i | A |
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| Come all ye young people of every degree | B |
| Come give your attention one moment to me | B |
| It's of a young couple I now will relate | C |
| And of their misfortunes and of their sad fate | C |
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| One was a young damsel both blooming and fair | D |
| The other a young man his beauty was rare | D |
| He loved this lady as he loved his own life | E |
| If God had not called her he would made her his wife | E |
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| He courted her a long time in triumph and glee | B |
| But little did he think that she would soon leave | F |
| Leave him in sorrow forsaken alone | G |
| To mourn her departure for she was going home | H |
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| Going home to her Father that dwelleth on high | A |
| Who gave her her life and who caused her to die | A |
| And leave her true lover one whom she could trust | I |
| To moulder her fair form a while in the dust | I |
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| Lois House and Joy Morris were their names I believe | F |
| They loved each other dearly and never deceived | J |
| But God he did part them one which he laid low | K |
| The other He left with his heart full of woe | K |
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| Joy laid her dying head on his bosom once more | L |
| Pressed her to his heart as he had oft done before | L |
| Saying Dear Lois are you going to leave me | B |
| Yes Joy I can no longer stay here with thee | B |
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| Oh Joy can't you give me up dearest said she | B |
| If you will say yes love I can leave in peace | M |
| In heaven love I will be waiting for thee | B |
| Be true to our Savior you'll soon follow me | B |
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| If I must say yes love for you to leave me | B |
| God will do better by you Lois than me | B |
| Oh it's hard for me dearest hard to say yes | N |
| It leaves me alone love in sad woefulness | N |
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| I want your picture Joy placed in my cold hand | O |
| And let it be buried with me in the ground | P |
| It's all I can carry with me to the grave | Q |
| Grant it to me love it's all that I crave | Q |
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| They called for her father and mother most dear | R |
| She kissed them and bade them farewell thro' their tears | N |
| They called for her brother and sisters again | S |
| To kiss their sister while life still remain | T |
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| One kiss from you Joy she whispered so low | K |
| That no one in the room heard her you know | K |
| She gasped for her breath once or twice more | L |
| When lo her spirit left her and Lois is no more | L |
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| They placed her fair form in the coffin so cold | U |
| And placed there Joy's picture as they had been told | U |
| They bore her to her grave all were in sad gloom | V |
| And gently laid her down to rest in her tomb | V |
Julia Ann Moore
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