Our Sweet Singer - J. A Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEG HIHI JKJK LMLM NOPO QRQR STST UVUV OOOO WOWO DXDX| One memory trembles on our lips | A |
| It throbs in every breast | B |
| In tear dimmed eyes in mirth's eclipse | A |
| The shadow stands confessed | B |
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| O silent voice that cheered so long | C |
| Our manhood's marching day | D |
| Without thy breath of heavenly song | C |
| How weary seems the way | D |
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| Vain every pictured phrase to tell | E |
| Our sorrowing heart's desire | F |
| The shattered harp the broken shell | E |
| The silent unstrung lyre | G |
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| For youth was round us while he sang | H |
| It glowed in every tone | I |
| With bridal chimes the echoes rang | H |
| And made the past our own | I |
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| Oh blissful dream Our nursery joys | J |
| We know must have an end | K |
| But love and friendship's broken toys | J |
| May God's good angels mend | K |
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| The cheering smile the voice of mirth | L |
| And laughter's gay surprise | M |
| That please the children born of earth | L |
| Why deem that Heaven denies | M |
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| Methinks in that refulgent sphere | N |
| That knows not sun or moon | O |
| An earth born saint might long to hear | P |
| One verse of Bonny Doon | O |
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| Or walking through the streets of gold | Q |
| In heaven's unclouded light | R |
| His lips recall the song of old | Q |
| And hum The sky is bright | R |
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| And can we smile when thou art dead | S |
| Ah brothers even so | T |
| The rose of summer will be red | S |
| In spite of winter's snow | T |
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| Thou wouldst not leave us all in gloom | U |
| Because thy song is still | V |
| Nor blight the banquet garland's bloom | U |
| With grief's untimely chill | V |
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| The sighing wintry winds complain | O |
| The singing bird has flown | O |
| Hark heard I not that ringing strain | O |
| That clear celestial tone | O |
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| How poor these pallid phrases seem | W |
| How weak this tinkling line | O |
| As warbles through my waking dream | W |
| That angel voice of thine | O |
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| Thy requiem asks a sweeter lay | D |
| It falters on my tongue | X |
| For all we vainly strive to say | D |
| Thou shouldst thyself have sung | X |
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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