Dedication Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDDEEFF GGHHIIJJKL MMNNOOPPQQ R| Love owes tribute unto Death | A |
| Being but a flower of breath | A |
| Ev'n as thy fair body is | B |
| Moment's figure of the bliss | C |
| Dwelling in the mind of God | D |
| When He called thee from the sod | D |
| Like a crocus up to start | E |
| Gray eyed with a golden heart | E |
| Out of earth and point our sight | F |
| To thy eternal home of light | F |
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| Here on earth is all we know | G |
| To let our love as steadfast blow | G |
| Open hearted to the sun | H |
| Folded down when our day's done | H |
| As thy flower that bids it be | I |
| Flower of thy charity | I |
| 'Tis not ours to boast or pray | J |
| Breath from us shall outlive clay | J |
| 'Tis not thine thou Pitiful | K |
| Set me task beyond my rule | L |
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| Yet as young men carve on trees | M |
| Lovely names and find in these | M |
| Solace in the after time | N |
| So to have hid thee in my rhyme | N |
| Shall be comfort when I take | O |
| The lonely road Then for my sake | O |
| Keep thou this my graven sigh | P |
| And that I may not all die | P |
| Open it and hear it tell | Q |
| Here was one who loved thee well | Q |
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| October | R |
Maurice Henry Hewlett
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