Written In London, On The 19th Of March, 1796 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH FJKJ LMKM HNOP KKQK RKSTUV| A lov'd companion chosen friend | A |
| Does at this hour depart | B |
| Whom the dear name of father binds | C |
| Still closer to my heart | B |
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| On him may joy dispensing heav'n | D |
| Each calm delight bestow | E |
| And eas'd of peace destroying care | F |
| His life serenely flow | E |
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| Did I but know his bosom calm | G |
| And free from anxious fear | H |
| Around me in more cheerful hues | I |
| Would every scene appear | H |
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| And I will hope that he who ne'er | F |
| Repin'd at heav'n's decree | J |
| But ever patient and resign'd | K |
| Submissive bent the knee | J |
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| Who best of fathers never sought | L |
| For arbitrary sway | M |
| But free within each youthful mind | K |
| Bade Reason lead the way | M |
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| Who taught us 'stead of servile fear | H |
| A warm esteem to prove | N |
| And bade each act of duty spring | O |
| From gratitude and love | P |
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| Yes I must hope that generous mind | K |
| With many cares opprest | K |
| Shall in the winter of his days | Q |
| With sweet repose be blest | K |
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| A friend a year or two ago gave me Joseph's Reconciliation with | R |
| his Brethren as a subject to write upon but I was afraid of not | K |
| treating it in such a manner as a sacred story deserved and gave up | S |
| the attempt when I had written little more than the following lines | T |
| to account for their not knowing him although he well remembered them | U |
| and am persuaded to let them appear here | V |
Matilda Betham
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