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