Lamentation Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC BDBE FGHG AIAI JKJK LELE AMAM NONO BCBC JPJP BQBQ| WALTER AND FREDDIE | A |
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| From morn to eve from evening unto morning | B |
| I mourn and cannot rest | C |
| So mourns the mother bird when home returning | B |
| She finds an empty nest | C |
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| I mourn the little children of my dwelling | B |
| That are forever gone | D |
| Sorrows that mothers feel my heart is swelling | B |
| And so I make my moan | E |
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| One little blossom on my bosom faded | F |
| And passed from me away | G |
| But near my door the drooping willows shaded | H |
| My little boys at play | G |
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| My boys that came with flying feet to meet me | A |
| And questions wondrous wise | I |
| And bits of news which they had brought to greet me | A |
| And see my glad surprise | I |
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| Bitter for sweet no human hand can alter | J |
| Nor bid one sorrow pass | K |
| With sudden stroke our darling little Walter | J |
| Was laid beneath the grass | K |
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| Ah then it was to me an added sorrow | L |
| To hear his brother moan | E |
| Where's little Walter will he come to morrow | L |
| I cannot play alone | E |
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| The summons for the child had come already | A |
| Which said I must resign | M |
| The best beloved the precious little Freddie | A |
| To other arms than mine | M |
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| How still and lone are the familiar places | N |
| Where little pattering feet | O |
| Made music for me and I saw bright faces | N |
| Dimple with laughter sweet | O |
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| My arms are empty that woold fain be folding | B |
| My lost ones to my breast | C |
| But well I know the Father's face beholding | B |
| They are forever blest | C |
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| From Christ's dear words my bleeding heart would gather | J |
| At length submissive grace | P |
| He says that in the kingdom of His Father | J |
| They still behold His face | P |
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| In the bright garden of the Lord they're staying | B |
| Amid the angels fair | Q |
| And heavenly whispers to my heart are saying | B |
| Look up your treasure's there | Q |
Nora Pembroke (margaret Moran Dixon Mcdougall)
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