To George Peabody Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDEDE FGFGHEHE| DANVERS | A |
| - | |
| BANKRUPT our pockets inside out | B |
| Empty of words to speak his praises | C |
| Worcester and Webster up the spout | B |
| Dead broke of laudatory phrases | C |
| Yet why with flowery speeches tease | D |
| With vain superlatives distress him | E |
| Has language better words than these | D |
| THE FRIEND OF ALL HIS RACE GOD BLESS HIM | E |
| - | |
| A simple prayer but words more sweet | F |
| By human lips were never uttered | G |
| Since Adam left the country seat | F |
| Where angel wings around him fluttered | G |
| The old look on with tear dimmed eyes | H |
| The children cluster to caress him | E |
| And every voice unbidden cries | H |
| THE FRIEND OF ALL HIS RACE GOD BLESS HIM | E |
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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