Lydia Howard Sigourney

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In Memoriam. - Madam Pond, Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCDC EFGF HIJI KLML NMOM PQMQ RSGI TUVU WXYX ZA2B2A2

Widow of the late CALEB POND Esq died at Hartford February th agedA
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Would any think who marked the smileB
On yon untroubled faceC
That threescore years and ten had fledD
Without a wrinkling traceC
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Yet age doth sometimes skill to guardE
The beauty of its primeF
And hold a quenchless lamp aboveG
The water floods of timeF
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And she for whom we mourn maintainedH
Through every change and careI
Those hallowed virtues of the soulJ
That keep the features fairI
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They raised a little child to lookK
Into the coffin deepL
Who dream'd the lovely lady layM
But in a transient sleepL
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And gazed upon the face of deathN
With eye of tranquil rayM
Well pleased as with the snowy flowersO
That on her bosom layM
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Then on the sad procession movedP
And mid funereal gloomQ
The only son was there to layM
His mother in the tombQ
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Oh memories of an only childR
How strong and rich ye areS
A wealth of concentrated loveG
That none beside can shareI
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And hence the filial grief that swellsT
When breaks its latest tieU
Flows onward with a fuller tideV
Than meets the common eyeU
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With voice of holy prayer she pass'dW
Forth from her pleasant doorX
Where tender recollections dwellY
Though she returns no moreX
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Even so the pure and pious riseZ
From tents of pain and woeA2
But leave a precious transcript hereB2
To guide us where they goA2

Lydia Howard Sigourney



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