Recompense: (for Lord Kilhacken) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FGHG IJIJ KLDL MNMN OPOP| That which I saved I lost | A |
| And that I lost I found | B |
| And you are mine oh tender little ghost | C |
| Whose grave is holy ground | B |
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| That which I kept is flown | D |
| So fast the children grow | E |
| The only child I keep to be my own | D |
| I lost long years ago | E |
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| The little ones that stayed | F |
| Slip from me while I cry | G |
| Oh not so fast so fast you golden head | H |
| Swift as the wind they fly | G |
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| Not two days are the same | I |
| To morrow will not see | J |
| To day's young children crested like a flame | I |
| Gathered about my knee | J |
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| One day a day will dawn | K |
| Will see me dispossessed | L |
| An empty nest whence singing birds have flown | D |
| Who shall refill the nest | L |
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| The years run out like sand | M |
| To strip me of my pride | N |
| Then in my hand will steal a clinging hand | M |
| I keep the child who died | N |
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| God gives and does not lend | O |
| This one lamb of the fold | P |
| And he will need his mother to the end | O |
| And never will grow old | P |
Katharine Tynan
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