In Memoriam. - Hon. Phillip Ripley, Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDDC EFGGF HCIIC JKJJK LMCCM NOOOO PQJJQ OROOR| Died at Hartford July th aged | A |
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| It is not meet the good and just | B |
| Oblivious pass away | C |
| And leave no record for their race | D |
| Except a dim and fading trace | D |
| The memory of a day | C |
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| We need the annal of their course | E |
| Their pattern for a guide | F |
| Their armor that temptation quell'd | G |
| The beacon light that forth they held | G |
| O'er Time's delusive tide | F |
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| Within the House of God I sate | H |
| At Summer's morning ray | C |
| And sadly mark'd a vacant seat | I |
| Where erst in storm or cold or heat | I |
| While lustrums held their way | C |
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| Was ever seen with reverent air | J |
| Intent on hallow'd lore | K |
| A forehead edg'd with silver hair | J |
| A manly form bow'd low in prayer | J |
| They greet our eyes no more | K |
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| And where Philanthropy commands | L |
| Her lighted lamp to burn | M |
| And youthful feet inured to stray | C |
| Are wisely warn'd to duty's way | C |
| Repentant to return | M |
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| He with a faith that never fail'd | N |
| Its first inception blest | O |
| And year by year with zeal untired | O |
| Wise counsel lent new hopes inspired | O |
| And righteous precepts prest | O |
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| They did him honor at his grave | P |
| Those men of mystic sign | Q |
| Whose ancient symbols bright and fair | J |
| The Book the Level and the Square | J |
| Betoken truth benign | Q |
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| All do him honor who regard | O |
| Integrity sincere | R |
| But they who knew his virtues best | O |
| While fond remembrance rules the breast | O |
| Will hold his image dear | R |
Lydia Howard Sigourney
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