To A Bride Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCBC DBDDBD EBEEBF GHGGHG IBJKBI BLBBLM| Pass thou on for the vow is said | A |
| That is never broken | B |
| The hand of blessing hath trembling laid | C |
| On snowy forehead and simple braid | C |
| And the word is spoken | B |
| By lips that never their words betray'd | C |
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| Pass thou on for thy human all | D |
| Is richly given | B |
| And the voice that claim'd its holy thrall | D |
| Must be sweeter for life than music's fall | D |
| And this side Heaven | B |
| Thy lip may never that trust recal | D |
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| Pass thou on yet many an eye | E |
| Will droop and glisten | B |
| And the hushing heart in vain will try | E |
| To still its pulse as thy step goes by | E |
| And we vainly listen | B |
| For thy voice of witching melody | F |
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| Pass thou on yet a sister's tone | G |
| In its sweetness lingers | H |
| Like some twin echo sent back alone | G |
| Or the bird's soft note when its mate hath flown | G |
| And a sister's fingers | H |
| Will again o'er the thrilling harp be thrown | G |
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| And our eyes will rest on their foreheads fair | I |
| And our hearts awaken | B |
| Whenever we come where their voices are | J |
| But oh we shall think how musical were | K |
| Ere of thee forsaken | B |
| The mingled voices we listed there | I |
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| Pass on there is not of our blessings one | B |
| That may not perish | L |
| Like visiting angels whose errand is done | B |
| They are never at rest till their home is won | B |
| And we may not cherish | L |
| The beautiful gift of thy light Pass on | M |
Nathaniel Parker Willis
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