To My Sister. On Her Birthday Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHIHJCKC HLMLJNON PQRQGESE| 'T is said that each succeeding year | A |
| Another circlet weaves | B |
| Within each living waving tree | C |
| Yet not in buds or leaves | B |
| But far within the silent core | D |
| The tiny shuttles ply | E |
| At Nature's ever working loom | F |
| Unseen by human eye | E |
| - | |
| And thus within my heart of hearts | G |
| Doth this returning day | H |
| Another golden zone complete | I |
| Another circle lay | H |
| And when unto the shadowy past | J |
| In retrospect I flee | C |
| I numerate the fleeting years | K |
| By deepening love for thee | C |
| - | |
| Since last we met this sunny day | H |
| How bright the hours have flown | L |
| Youth Love and Hope with fadeless light | M |
| Around our way have shone | L |
| And if a shadow from the past | J |
| Has floated o'er the dream | N |
| 'T was softened like a violet cloud | O |
| Reflected in a stream | N |
| - | |
| Yet if an hour of bitter grief | P |
| Should e'er thy spirit claim | Q |
| May it the trying ordeal pass | R |
| As gold the fiery flame | Q |
| And may the years that bind our hearts | G |
| In love that cannot die | E |
| Still draw us hourly nearer God | S |
| And nearer to the sky | E |
Mary Gardiner Horsford
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