In Memoriam. - Madam Olivia Phelps, Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDAAAEAFGH AIJKLMNAAAO PQARSLTAU| Widow of the late ANSON G PHELPS Esq died at New York April th aged | A |
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| When the good mother dieth and the home | B |
| So long made happy by her boundless love | C |
| Is desolate and empty there are tears | D |
| Of filial anguish not to be represt | A |
| And when the many friends who at her side | A |
| Sought social sympathy and counsel sweet | A |
| Or the sad poor who for their Saviour's sake | E |
| Found bountiful relief and kind regard | A |
| Stand at that altered threshold and perceive | F |
| Faces of strangers from her casement look | G |
| There is a pang not to be told in words | H |
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| Yet when the christian having well discharged | A |
| A life long duty riseth where no sin | I |
| Or possibility of pain or death | J |
| May follow should there not be praise to Him | K |
| Who gives such victory | L |
| Thus it is even now | M |
| Tears with the triumph strain | N |
| For we are made | A |
| Of flesh as well as spirit and are taught | A |
| By Joy and Sorrow walking side by side | A |
| And with strong contrast deepening truths divine | O |
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| But unto thee dear friend whose breath was prayer | P |
| And o'er whose mortal sickness hovering Faith | Q |
| Shed heaven's content there was no further need | A |
| Of tutelage like that by which we learn | R |
| Too slow perchance with vacillating minds | S |
| What the disciples of our Lord should be | L |
| For when the subjugation to God's will | T |
| Is perfect and affliction all disarmed | A |
| Is not life's lesson done | U |
Lydia Howard Sigourney
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