In Memoriam. - Mr. John A. Taintor, Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCEE FGFHII JKLKMM NOPOQQ RSRSTT UVWJXX YKPKZZ| Died at Hartford on Saturday Evening November th aged years | A |
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| A sense of loss is on us One hath gone | B |
| Whose all pervading energy doth leave | C |
| A void and silence 'mid the haunts of men | D |
| And desolation for the hearts that grieve | C |
| In his fair mansion so bereft and lone | E |
| Whence the inspiring smile and cheering voice have flown | E |
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| Those too there are who eloquently speak | F |
| Of his firm friendship not without a tear | G |
| Of its strong power to undergird the weak | F |
| And hold the faltering feet in duty's sphere | H |
| While in the cells of want a broken trust | I |
| In bitterness laments that he is of the dust | I |
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| In foreign climes with patriotic eye | J |
| He sought what might his Country's welfare aid | K |
| And the rich flocks of Spain at his behest | L |
| Spread their proud fleeces o'er our verdant glade | K |
| And Scotia's herds as on their native shore | M |
| Our never failing streams and pastures rich explore | M |
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| Intent was he to adorn his own domain | N |
| With all the radiant charms that Flora brings | O |
| There still the green house flowers pronounce his name | P |
| The favor'd rose its grateful fragrance flings | O |
| And in their faithful ranks to guard the scene | Q |
| Like changeless memories rise the unfading evergreen | Q |
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| On friendly deeds intent while on his way | R |
| A widow'd heart to cheer One grasp'd his hand | S |
| Whose icy touch the beating heart can stay | R |
| And in a moment at that stern command | S |
| Unwarn'd yet not unready he doth show | T |
| The great transition made that waits on all below | T |
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| Yet ah the contrast when the form that pass'd | U |
| Forth from its gates in full vitality | V |
| Is homeward as a lifeless burden borne | W |
| No more to breathe kind word or fond reply | J |
| Each nameless care assume with earnest skill | X |
| Nor the unspoken wish of those he loved fulfill | X |
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| But hallow'd lips within the sacred dome | Y |
| Where he so long his sabbath worship paid | K |
| Have given his soul to God from whence it came | P |
| And laid his head beneath the cypress shade | K |
| While be ye also ready from his tomb | Z |
| In a Redeemer's voice doth neutralize the gloom | Z |
Lydia Howard Sigourney
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