Rosamond's Song Of Hope Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FGFG HIJI KLKM NOPO QRED SSTTUUVVWWXXYY| Sweet Hope so oft my childhood's friend | A |
| I will believe thee still | B |
| For thou canst joy with sorrow blend | A |
| Where grief alone would kill | B |
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| When disappointments wrung my heart | C |
| Ill brook'd in tender years | D |
| Thou like a sun perform'dst thy part | C |
| And dried my infant tears | E |
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| When late I wore the bloom of health | F |
| And love had bound me fast | G |
| My buoyant heart would sigh by stealth | F |
| For fear it might not last | G |
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| My sickness came my bloom decay'd | H |
| But Philip still was by | I |
| And thou sweet Hope so kindly said | J |
| He'll weep if thou should'st die | I |
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| Thou told'st me too that genial Spring | K |
| Would bring me health again | L |
| I feel its power but cannot sing | K |
| Its glories yet for pain | M |
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| But thou canst still my heart inspire | N |
| And Heaven can strength renew | O |
| I feel thy presence holy fire | P |
| My Philip will be true | O |
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| All eyes were turn'd all hearts with pity glow'd | Q |
| The maid stood trembling and the lover bow'd | R |
| As rose around them while she dried her tears | E |
| Long life to Rosamond and happy years | D |
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| Scarce had the voices ceased when forth there came | S |
| Another candidate for village fame | S |
| By gratitude to Heaven by honest pride | T |
| Impell'd to rise and cast his doubts aside | T |
| A sturdy yeoman button'd to the throat | U |
| Faced the whole ring and shook his leathern coat | U |
| I have a tale of private life to tell | V |
| 'Tis all of self and home I know it well | V |
| In love and honour's cause I would be strong | W |
| Mine is a father's tale perhaps too long | W |
| For fathers when a duteous child's the theme | X |
| Can talk a summer's sun down and then dream | X |
| Of retrospective joys with hearts that glow | Y |
| With feelings such as parents only know | Y |
Robert Bloomfield
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Rosamond's Song Of Hope is a poem by Robert Bloomfield. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.