Lydia Howard Sigourney

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In Memoriam. - Mr. Normand Burr, Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCD EFGH CIJH KLHMHNO PQRSTO

Editor of the Christian Secretary for more than twenty years died at Hartford December th agedA
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We knew him as a man of sterling worthB
Whose good example is a legacyC
Better than gold for those he leaves behindD
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His inborn piety flowed forth in streamsE
Of social kindness and domestic loveF
Cheering with filial warmth the parents' heartG
And making his own home a pleasant placeH
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His was that self reliant industryC
Smiling at hardship which develops wellI
The energies of manhood and lends strengthJ
To commonwealthsH
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By silent messengerK
A weekly scroll he strove to spread abroadL
The stores of knowledge and increase the fruitsH
Of righteousness Hence is his loss bemoan'dM
By many who had never seen his faceH
Here in the flesh but thro' the links of thoughtN
Held intimate communionO
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The true lifeP
Of virtue is not lost to men belowQ
Though smitten by the frost of death it fallR
Its quickening memory survives to girdS
On in the heavenward race and gently guideT
Where the high plaudit of the Judge is wonO

Lydia Howard Sigourney



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