In Memoriam. - Herbert Foss, Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEFGHIJEKLMNOEKPQR STUU VWXY B| Only son of SAMUEL S FOSS Esq died May d aged three years and three months | A |
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| Read more Papa the loving infant cried | B |
| And meekly bow'd the listening ear and fix'd | C |
| The ardent eye devouring every word | D |
| Of his dear picture book And then he spread | E |
| His arms and folded thrice the father's neck | F |
| The mother came from church and lull'd her boy | G |
| To quiet sleep and laid him in his crib | H |
| And as they watch'd the smile of innocence | I |
| That sometimes lightly floated o'er his brow | J |
| That Sabbath eve they to each other said | E |
| How beautiful | K |
| There was another scene | L |
| The child lay compass'd round with Spring's white flowers | M |
| Yet heav'd no breath to stir their lightest leaf | N |
| And many a one who on that coffin look'd | O |
| And went their way in tender whisper said | E |
| How beautiful | K |
| Oh parents ye who sit | P |
| Mourning for HERBERT in your empty room | Q |
| What if the darling of your fondest care | R |
| Scarce woke from his brief dream and went to Heaven | S |
| Our dream is longer but 'tis mixed with tears | T |
| For we are dreamers all and only those | U |
| Fully awake who dwell where naught deceives | U |
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| So when time's vision o'er you reach the land | V |
| Which hath no need of sun or waning moon | W |
| To give it light how sweet to hear your child | X |
| Bid you good morning with his cherub tongue | Y |
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| His last words to his father who was reading to him in a favorite book were Read more papa please read more Soon after and almost without warning he died | B |
Lydia Howard Sigourney
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