In Memoriam. - Mrs. Mary Mildenstein Robertson, Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDD EFEEGG HIHIJJ KLKLMM NONOPP| Wife of Rev WILLIAM H C ROBERTSON died at Magnolia East Florida January th aged | A |
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| Our buds have faded winter's frigid breath | B |
| Sigh'd o'er their bosoms and they fell away | C |
| So in these household bowers the ice of death | B |
| Bids rose and lily ere their prime decay | C |
| And see a Passion Flower from tropic skies | D |
| Beneath our drifted snows not without requiem lies | D |
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| A brilliant daughter of the Cuban vales | E |
| Of generous mind impulsive strong and high | F |
| Twined the home tendril where our northern gales | E |
| Sweep grove and forest with their minstrelsy | E |
| Labor'd for classic lore with studious part | G |
| And planted friendship's germ in many an answering heart | G |
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| Her filial piety intensely warm | H |
| Whose gushing tenderness no limit knew | I |
| Clasp'd day and night a Mother's wasted form | H |
| And o'er her failing powers protection threw | I |
| Cheering the darken'd soul with comfort sweet | J |
| And girding it anew life's latest pang to meet | J |
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| Then came the sacred vow for good or ill | K |
| The life long study of another's joy | L |
| The raptur'd and unutterable thrill | K |
| With which a mother greets her first born boy | L |
| The climax of those hopes and duties dear | M |
| Which Heaven's unerring hand accords to Woman's sphere | M |
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| And then the scene was ended and she found | N |
| What here her ardent nature vainly sought | O |
| Unwithering flowers and music's tuneful sound | N |
| Without a shadow or discordant thought | O |
| And entered through a dear Redeemer's love | P |
| The never changing clime of perfect rest above | P |
Lydia Howard Sigourney
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