Stanzas - In Memory Of The Late Edward Quillinan, Esq. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEFE GHGH IJIJ KCKC| I saw him sensitive in frame | A |
| I knew his spirits low | B |
| And wish'd him health success and fame | A |
| I do not wish it now | C |
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| For these are all their own reward | D |
| And leave no good behind | E |
| They try us oftenest make us hard | F |
| Less modest pure and kind | E |
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| Alas Yet to the suffering man | G |
| In this his mortal state | H |
| Friends could not give what Fortune can | G |
| Health case a heart elate | H |
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| But he is now by Fortune foil'd | I |
| No more and we retain | J |
| The memory of a man unspoil'd | I |
| Sweet generous and humane | J |
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| With all the fortunate have not | K |
| With gentle voice and brow | C |
| Alive we would have chang'd his lot | K |
| We would not change it now | C |
Matthew Arnold
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