The Orphan Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDAEA FGHGIJDJ GKLKMNDN EDODBOGO KPQPRN N| Alone alone no other face | A |
| Wears kindred smile kindred line | B |
| And yet they say my mother's eyes | C |
| They say my father's brow is mine | B |
| And either had rejected to see | D |
| The other's likeness in my face | A |
| But now it is a stranger's eye | E |
| That finds some long forgotten trace | A |
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| I heard them name my father's death | F |
| His home and tomb alike the wave | G |
| And I was early taught to weep | H |
| Beside my youthful mother's grave | G |
| I wish I could recall one look | I |
| But only one familiar tone | J |
| If I had aught of memory | D |
| I should not feel so all alone | J |
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| My heart is gone beyond the grave | G |
| In search of love I cannot find | K |
| Till I could fancy soothing words | L |
| Are whisper'd by the ev'ning wind | K |
| I gaze upon the watching stars | M |
| So clear so beautiful above | N |
| Till I could dream they look on me | D |
| With something of an answering love | N |
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| My mother does thy gentle eye | E |
| Look from those distant stars on me | D |
| Or does the wind at ev'ning bear | O |
| A message to thy child from thee | D |
| Dost thou pine for me as I pine | B |
| Again a parent's love to share | O |
| I often kneel beside thy grave | G |
| And pray to be a sleeper there | O |
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| The vesper bell 'tis eventide | K |
| I will not weep but I will pray | P |
| God of the fatherless 'tis Thou | Q |
| Alone canst be the orphan's stay | P |
| Earth's meanest flower heaven's mightiest star | R |
| Are equal to their Maker's love | N |
| And I can say 'Thy will be done ' | - |
| With eyes that fix their hopes above | N |
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
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