In Memoriam. - Miss Catharine Ball, Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDDC EFGGF HIJKI KLMML NOPPPO| Daughter of Hon Judge BALL of Hoosick Falls N Y died at the City of Washington | A |
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| Bright sunbeam of a father's heart | B |
| Whose earliest radiance shone | C |
| Delightful o'er a mother's eye | D |
| Like morning star in cloudless sky | D |
| Say whither hast thou flown | C |
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| Fair inmate of a happy home | E |
| Whose love so gently shed | F |
| Could a serene enchantment make | G |
| And love in stranger bosoms wake | G |
| Ah whither art thou fled | F |
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| They know who trust the Saviour's word | H |
| With faith no tear can dim | I |
| That such as bear His spirit here | J |
| And do His will in duty's sphere | K |
| Shall rise to dwell with Him | I |
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| They know who feel an Angel near | K |
| Though hid from mortal sight | L |
| And reaching out to her their hand | M |
| Shall safer reach that Pleasant Land | M |
| Whose buds no blast can blight | L |
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| Even I who but with fleeting glance | N |
| Beheld thee here below | O |
| From its remembered sweetness gain | P |
| New impulse toward that heavenly train | P |
| Whose harps in never ceasing strain | P |
| With God's high praises glow | O |
Lydia Howard Sigourney
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