In Memoriam. - Caleb Hazen Talcott, Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDC EFGF HIJI KLML NOPO QRST| Son of C TALCOTT Esq died at Hartford October th aged years and months | A |
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| There came a merry voice | B |
| Forth from those lips of rose | C |
| As tireless through its fringing flowers | D |
| The tuneful brooklet flows | C |
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| And with the nurslings feet | E |
| Engaged in busy play | F |
| It made the parents' pleasant home | G |
| A joyance all the day | F |
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| There breath'd a languid tone | H |
| Forth from those pallid lips | I |
| As when some planet of the night | J |
| Sinks in its dread eclipse | I |
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| Sing to me sing it cried | K |
| While the red fever reign'd | L |
| Oh sing of Jesus it implored | M |
| While struggling life remained | L |
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| Then rose a mournful sound | N |
| The solemn funeral knell | O |
| And silent anguish settled where | P |
| The nursery's idol fell | O |
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| But he who so desired | Q |
| His Saviour's name to hear | R |
| Doth in His glorious presence smile | S |
| Above this cloud wrapp'd sphere | T |
Lydia Howard Sigourney
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