The Last Farewell Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCEFEFF GHGHIFIJF EJEJHFHFF KLKLEFEFF MJNJOFPKF QRQRSFSFF| LINES WRITTEN BY THE AUTHOR'S BROTHER EDWARD BLISS EMERSON WHILST SAILING OUT OF BOSTON HARBOR BOUND FOR THE ISLAND OF PORTO RICO IN | A |
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| Farewell ye lofty spires | B |
| That cheered the holy light | C |
| Farewell domestic fires | D |
| That broke the gloom of night | C |
| Too soon those spires are lost | E |
| Too fast we leave the bay | F |
| Too soon by ocean tost | E |
| From hearth and home away | F |
| Far away far away | F |
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| Farewell the busy town | G |
| The wealthy and the wise | H |
| Kind smile and honest frown | G |
| From bright familiar eyes | H |
| All these are fading now | I |
| Our brig hastes on her way | F |
| Her unremembering prow | I |
| Is leaping o'er the sea | J |
| Far away far away | F |
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| Farewell my mother fond | E |
| Too kind too good to me | J |
| Nor pearl nor diamond | E |
| Would pay my debt to thee | J |
| But even thy kiss denies | H |
| Upon my cheek to stay | F |
| The winged vessel flies | H |
| And billows round her play | F |
| Far away far away | F |
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| Farewell my brothers true | K |
| My betters yet my peers | L |
| How desert without you | K |
| My few and evil years | L |
| But though aye one in heart | E |
| Together sad or gay | F |
| Rude ocean doth us part | E |
| We separate to day | F |
| Far away far away | F |
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| Farewell thou fairest one | M |
| Unplighted yet to me | J |
| Uncertain of thine own | N |
| I gave my heart to thee | J |
| That untold early love | O |
| I leave untold to day | F |
| My lips in whisper move | P |
| Farewell to | K |
| Far away far away | F |
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| Farewell I breathe again | Q |
| To dim New England's shore | R |
| My heart shall beat not when | Q |
| I pant for thee no more | R |
| In yon green palmy isle | S |
| Beneath the tropic ray | F |
| I murmur never while | S |
| For thee and thine I pray | F |
| Far away far away | F |
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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