In Memoriam. - Samuel G. Ogden, Esq., Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCEFGF BHFHIJKJ LMNMOBPB QFRFSCTC UVWVXYZYDied at Astoria New York April th | A |
- | |
- | |
Upon his suffering couch he lay | B |
Whose noble form and mind | C |
The stress of fourscore years had tried | D |
Yet left a charm behind | C |
The charm of heaven born happiness | E |
Whose beauty may not fade | F |
The charm of unimpair'd regard | G |
For all whom God had made | F |
- | |
Upon his suffering couch he lay | B |
While sadly gathering there | H |
Were loved and loving ones who made | F |
That honored life their care | H |
And 'mid the group a daughter's voice | I |
Of wondrous sweetness read | J |
Brief portions from the Book Divine | K |
As his dictation led | J |
- | |
Bow down thine ear Most Merciful | L |
Oh hearken while I speak | M |
Now in my time of utmost need | N |
To Thee alone I seek | M |
Shew me some token Lord for good | O |
Before I pass away | B |
For Thou hast ever been my strength | P |
My comforter and stay | B |
- | |
So when that precious breath went forth | Q |
Her gentle hand was laid | F |
To close those pale and trembling lids | R |
In slumber's dreamless shade | F |
And then the pure and sacred flowers | S |
She for his burial twined | C |
And bade her struggling grief be still | T |
Till the last rite declined | C |
- | |
Through every trial change of life | U |
Had reign'd within her breast | V |
A holy zeal of filial love | W |
That could not be represt | V |
Its memories like a music strain | X |
Still in that casket swell | Y |
And wake perchance some fond response | Z |
Where watching angels dwell | Y |
Lydia Howard Sigourney
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
Write your comment about In Memoriam. - Samuel G. Ogden, Esq., poem by Lydia Howard Sigourney
Best Poems of Lydia Howard Sigourney