In Memoriam. - Rev. Dr. F. W. Hatch, Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEFGHIJKLGMNO PQRSTU UBVWVXYZVA2V| Died at Sacramento California January th aged | A |
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| A pleasant theme it is to think of him | B |
| That parted friend whose noble heart and mind | C |
| Were ever active to the highest ends | D |
| Even sceptics paid him homage 'mid their doubts | E |
| Perceiving that his life made evident | F |
| A goodness not of earth | G |
| His radiant brow | H |
| And the warm utterance of his lustrous eye | I |
| Told how the good of others triumph'd o'er | J |
| All narrowness of self He deem'd it not | K |
| A worthy aim of Christ's true ministry | L |
| To chaffer for the gold that perisheth | G |
| Or waste its God given powers on lifeless forms | M |
| But love of souls and love of Him who died | N |
| That they might live gave impulse to his zeal | O |
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| And so while half a century chronicled | P |
| The change of empires and the fall of kings | Q |
| And death of generations like the leaves | R |
| That strew the forest 'neath autumnal skies | S |
| He toil'd unswerving in that One Great Cause | T |
| To which the vigor of his youth was given | U |
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| And as his life its varied tasks well done | U |
| Shrouded its head and trustful went to Him | B |
| Who giveth rest and peace and rich reward | V |
| Unto his faithful servants it behooves | W |
| Us to rejoice who have so long beheld | V |
| His pure example | X |
| From it may we learn | Y |
| Oh sainted Friend wherever duty calls | Z |
| With fervent hearts to seek for others' good | V |
| And wear thy spirit smile and win even here | A2 |
| Some foretaste of the bliss that ne'er shall end | V |
Lydia Howard Sigourney
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