On The Eve Of Departure From O'' Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFGF HIHI EJEK LMLM NONO PQRQ STST UOVO CWXW Y| Loud beats the rain The hollow groan | A |
| Of rushing winds I hear | B |
| That with a deep and sullen moan | A |
| Pass slowly by the ear | B |
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| Soon will my dying fire refuse | C |
| To yield a cheerful ray | D |
| Yet shivering still I sit and muse | C |
| The latest spark away | D |
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| Ah what a night the chilly air | E |
| Bids comfort hence depart | F |
| While sad repining's clammy wings | G |
| Cling icy to my heart | F |
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| To morrow's dawn may fair arise | H |
| And lovely to the view | I |
| The sun with radiance gild the skies | H |
| Yet then I say adieu | I |
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| Oh stay dear Night with cautious care | E |
| And lingering footsteps move | J |
| Though day may be more soft and fair | E |
| Not her but thee I love | K |
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| Stay wild in brow severe in mien | L |
| Stay and ward off the foe | M |
| Who unrelenting smiles serene | L |
| Yet tells me I must go | M |
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| Forsake these hospitable halls | N |
| Where Truth and Friendship dwell | O |
| To these high towers and ancient walls | N |
| Pronounce a long farewell | O |
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| Alas will Time's rapacious hand | P |
| These golden days restore | Q |
| Or will he suffer me to taste | R |
| These golden days no more | Q |
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| Will he permit that here again | S |
| I turn my willing feet | T |
| That my glad eyes may here again | S |
| The look of kindness meet | T |
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| That here I ever may behold | U |
| Felicity to dwell | O |
| And often have the painful task | V |
| Of sighing out farewell | O |
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| Ah be it so my fears I lose | C |
| By hope's sweet visions fed | W |
| And as I fly to seek repose | X |
| She flutters round my bed | W |
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| NOV | Y |
Matilda Betham
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