In Memoriam. - Miss Elizabeth Brinley, Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDDE FGHHG IJKKL MNOON PQRRQ| Died at Hartford September th | A |
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| We miss her at the chancel side | B |
| For when we last drew near | C |
| The holy Eucharist to share | D |
| She with the warmth of praise and prayer | D |
| Was meekly kneeling here | E |
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| We miss her when the liberal hand | F |
| Relieves a thirsting soil | G |
| And when the Blessed Church demands | H |
| Assistance for the mission bands | H |
| That on her frontier toil | G |
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| We miss her 'mid the gather'd train | I |
| Of children young and poor | J |
| Whom year by year she deign'd to teach | K |
| With faithful zeal and patient speech | K |
| And hope that anchor'd sure | L |
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| Her couch is in the ancestral tomb | M |
| With Putnam's honor'd dust | N |
| The true in word the bold in deed | O |
| A bulwark in his Country's need | O |
| A tower of strength and trust | N |
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| Her spirit's home is with her Lord | P |
| Whom from her youth she sought | Q |
| The miss'd below hath found above | R |
| The promise of a God of Love | R |
| Made to the pure in thought | Q |
Lydia Howard Sigourney
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