The Fount Of Tears Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEDE FGFG BHCH IJIJ KBKC| All hot and grimy from the road | A |
| Dust gray from arduous years | B |
| I sat me down and eased my load | A |
| Beside the Fount of Tears | C |
| - | |
| The waters sparkled to my eye | D |
| Calm crystal like and cool | E |
| And breathing there a restful sigh | D |
| I bent me to the pool | E |
| - | |
| When lo a voice cried Pilgrim rise | F |
| Harsh tho' the sentence be | G |
| And on to other lands and skies | F |
| This fount is not for thee | G |
| - | |
| Pass on but calm thy needless fears | B |
| Some may not love or sin | H |
| An angel guards the Fount of Tears | C |
| All may not bathe therein | H |
| - | |
| Then with my burden on my back | I |
| I turned to gaze awhile | J |
| First at the uninviting track | I |
| Then at the water's smile | J |
| - | |
| And so I go upon my way | K |
| Thro'out the sultry years | B |
| But pause no more by night by day | K |
| Beside the Fount of Tears | C |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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