In Memoriam. - Rev. Stephen Jewitt, D.d., Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCD EFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTSUVW IXYZA2B2C2D2E2| Died at New Haven August th aged | A |
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| I well remember him and heard his voice | B |
| In vigorous prime beneath the Temple Arch | C |
| His brow enkindling with its holy themes | D |
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| And I remember to have heard it said | E |
| In what a patient studiousness of toil | F |
| His youth had pass'd and how his manhood's tent | G |
| Spread out its curtains joyously to shield | H |
| His aged parents from their lonely home | I |
| Amid the glory of the Berkshire hills | J |
| Turning in tender confidence to him | K |
| And giving scope to earn the boon that crowns | L |
| The fifth commandment of the decalogue | M |
| And this he did for their departing prayer | N |
| Fell balmily upon his filial heart | O |
| As when the dying Jacob blessed his race | P |
| And worshipp'd leaning on his patriarch staff | Q |
| His lengthened life amid a peaceful scene | R |
| Flow'd on with loving memories | S |
| He had serv'd | T |
| The Church he lov'd not in luxurious ease | S |
| But self forgetful as a pioneer | U |
| When she had fewer sons to build her walls | V |
| Or teach her gates salvation | W |
| And the dome | I |
| Of yon fair College on its classic heighth | X |
| So beautiful without and blest within | Y |
| By liberal deeds as well as gracious words | Z |
| Remembereth him and with recording pen | A2 |
| Upon the tablet of its earliest friends | B2 |
| Engraves his name | C2 |
| So full of honor'd years | D2 |
| Blessing and blest he took his way above | E2 |
Lydia Howard Sigourney
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