In Memoriam. - Miss Delia Woodruff Godding, Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEFGHIJKL MNOPQRSTQUVQ WXYZP| A faithful Teacher of the young from early years and recently the Principal of a Female Seminary and Boarding School at St Anthony Minnesota died suddenly of an attack of fever while on a visit at her paternal home in Vermont September th | A |
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| Thine earnest life is over sainted Friend | B |
| And hush'd the teaching voice that gladly pour'd | C |
| Knowledge and goodness o'er the plastic mind | D |
| Full many a pupil of thy varied lore | E |
| Amid thine own New England's elm crowned vales | F |
| Holds thee in tenderness of grateful thought | G |
| And far away in the broad featured west | H |
| Where the strong Sire of waters robes in green | I |
| The shores of Minnesota comes a wail | J |
| From youthful bands expecting thy return | K |
| To guide them as the shepherd leads the lamb | L |
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| They watch in vain | M |
| The pleasant halls are dark | N |
| Once lighted by thy smile and flowing tears | O |
| Reveal the love that linger'd there for thee | P |
| Said we thy life was o'er | Q |
| Forgive the words | R |
| We take them back | S |
| Thou hast begun to live | T |
| Here was the budding there the perfect flower | Q |
| Here the faint star and there the unsetting sun | U |
| Here the scant preface there the open Book | V |
| Where angels read forever | Q |
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| Here on the threshold the dim vestibule | W |
| Thou with a faithful hand didst toil to tune | X |
| That harp of praise within the unfolding heart | Y |
| Which 'neath the temple arch not made with hands | Z |
| Swells the full anthem of Eternity | P |
Lydia Howard Sigourney
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