The Orphan's Good-bye Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFG HIJJ JKCD CJCJ FBDB| When my heart was sad and lonely | A |
| And had closed its inmost cell | B |
| Over the impulsive feelings | C |
| That rule my nation's hearts too well | B |
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| When the tie was cut asunder | D |
| That had bound me to a home | E |
| And I felt the desolation | F |
| Of being in the world alone | G |
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| When I first the veil assuming | H |
| Masked before a treacherous world | I |
| And the hopes romance expanded | J |
| Reality had sternly furled | J |
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| And the touch of disappointment | J |
| Blighted what was green and fair | K |
| And the spirit's bright revealings | C |
| Are not so hopeful as they were | D |
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| Precious are the words of kindness | C |
| Falling on the heart like dew | J |
| Freshening though alas for weakness | C |
| They cannot make things new | J |
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| Thoughts come warm from that deep fountain | F |
| Where the hidden feelings dwell | B |
| First to thank thee noble stranger | D |
| Then to say a kind farewell | B |
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Nora Pembroke (margaret Moran Dixon Mcdougall)
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