Song Written For The Dinner Given To Charles Dickens By The Young Men Of Boston, February 1, 1842 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEDE FGFGFEFH FIFIJKJK FLFLFMFM| The stars their early vigils keep | A |
| The silent hours are near | B |
| When drooping eyes forget to weep | A |
| Yet still we linger here | C |
| And what the passing churl may ask | D |
| Can claim such wondrous power | E |
| That Toil forgets his wonted task | D |
| And Love his promised hour | E |
| - | |
| The Irish harp no longer thrills | F |
| Or breathes a fainter tone | G |
| The clarion blast from Scotland's hills | F |
| Alas no more is blown | G |
| And Passion's burning lip bewails | F |
| Her Harold's wasted fire | E |
| Still lingering o'er the dust that veils | F |
| The Lord of England's lyre | H |
| - | |
| But grieve not o'er its broken strings | F |
| Nor think its soul hath died | I |
| While yet the lark at heaven's gate sings | F |
| As once o'er Avon's side | I |
| While gentle summer sheds her bloom | J |
| And dewy blossoms wave | K |
| Alike o'er Juliet's storied tomb | J |
| And Nelly's nameless grave | K |
| - | |
| Thou glorious island of the sea | F |
| Though wide the wasting flood | L |
| That parts our distant land from thee | F |
| We claim thy generous blood | L |
| Nor o'er thy far horizon springs | F |
| One hallowed star of fame | M |
| But kindles like an angel's wings | F |
| Our western skies in flame | M |
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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