Poem (halleck Monument Dedication) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCDDCC EEAAFGGFF HHIIJKLJJ HHMMNOPNN QQRRSTTSSSAY not the Poet dies | A |
Though in the dust he lies | A |
He cannot forfeit his melodious breath | B |
Unsphered by envious death | B |
Life drops the voiceless myriads from its roll | C |
Their fate he cannot share | D |
Who in the enchanted air | D |
Sweet with the lingering strains that Echo stole | C |
Has left his dearer self the music of his soul | C |
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We o'er his turf may raise | E |
Our notes of feeble praise | E |
And carve with pious care for after eyes | A |
The stone with Here he lies | A |
He for himself has built a nobler shrine | F |
Whose walls of stately rhyme | G |
Roll back the tides of time | G |
While o'er their gates the gleaming tablets shine | F |
That wear his name inwrought with many a golden line | F |
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Call not our Poet dead | H |
Though on his turf we tread | H |
Green is the wreath their brows so long have worn | I |
The minstrels of the morn | I |
Who while the Orient burned with new born flame | J |
Caught that celestial fire | K |
And struck a Nation's lyre | L |
These taught the western winds the poet's name | J |
Theirs the first opening buds the maiden flowers of fame | J |
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Count not our Poet dead | H |
The stars shall watch his bed | H |
The rose of June its fragrant life renew | M |
His blushing mound to strew | M |
And all the tuneful throats of summer swell | N |
With trills as crystal clear | O |
As when he wooed the ear | P |
Of the young muse that haunts each wooded dell | N |
With songs of that rough land he loved so long and well | N |
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He sleeps he cannot die | Q |
As evening's long drawn sigh | Q |
Lifting the rose leaves on his peaceful mound | R |
Spreads all their sweets around | R |
So laden with his song the breezes blow | S |
From where the rustling sedge | T |
Frets our rude ocean's edge | T |
To the smooth sea beyond the peaks of snow | S |
His soul the air enshrines and leaves but dust below | S |
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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