Vignettes 23: On The Death Of Master Frederic Thomson Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST UBVLWWBXWYXZA2WWEB2P HEC2D2E2W| In the first dawn of youth I much admire | A |
| The lively boy of ruddy countenance | B |
| Strong built and bold and hardy with black hair | C |
| And dark brown eye contrasting its blue white | D |
| Somewhat abruptly save in the bright hour | E |
| Of inward passion or of sudden joy | F |
| When as a monarch gracious and renown'd | G |
| Amid a crowd of subjects diverse all | H |
| Thrills with one deep soft feeling every heart | I |
| Or as the sun throws his pervading beams | J |
| At once on bleak harsh mountains and the sky | K |
| The soul by union of its light and heat | L |
| Clears and irradiates all and gives to strength | M |
| A mellow sweetness hues late undefin'd | N |
| Grow more intense or if discordant lose | O |
| Their coarseness and become diaphanous | P |
| This I admire but still methinks I look | Q |
| With a serener pleasure on the head | R |
| Crested by flaxen curls or where soft locks | S |
| Like to long coiling leaves that lose their edge | T |
| Shine silken on the cheek and parting smooth | U |
| Above a fair and modest countenance | B |
| Harmonize with its pure its tender bloom | V |
| Still lovelier when with that infusion sweet | L |
| Of saint or angel spirit resident | W |
| In the calm circle of a blue eye fring'd | W |
| With sable lashes I remember once | B |
| A face like this ere sickness took away | X |
| Its freshness in whose looks there also dwelt | W |
| If one may speak it of a thing so young | Y |
| And not subdue our warm belief to say | X |
| The prophecy of all these qualities | Z |
| Refinement gentleness and mild resolve | A2 |
| Fitted to stem the evil of this world | W |
| And hold with patient intrepidity | W |
| The shield of calm resistance to its power | E |
| It seem'd as if no anger e'er could dwell | B2 |
| Within his bosom no blind prejudice | P |
| Distract his judgment and no folly call | H |
| For a reproof as if Affection were | E |
| Too soon allied to Thought and tempered so | C2 |
| His morning that the ministry of Time | D2 |
| The chast'ning trial of Remorse and Grief | E2 |
| And of stern Disappointment all were spar'd | W |
Matilda Betham
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