Man Was Made To Mourn: A Dirge Poem Rhyme Scheme

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WHEN chill November's surly blast	A
Made fields and forests bare	B
One ev'ning as I wander'd forth	C
Along the banks of Ayr	D
I spied a man whose aged step	E
Seem'd weary worn with care	B
His face furrow'd o'er with years	F
And hoary was his hair	B
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Young stranger whither wand'rest thou	G
Began the rev'rend sage	H
Does thirst of wealth thy step constrain	I
Or youthful pleasure's rage	H
Or haply prest with cares and woes	J
Too soon thou hast began	K
To wander forth with me to mourn	L
The miseries of man	K
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The sun that overhangs yon moors	M
Out spreading far and wide	N
Where hundreds labour to support	O
A haughty lordling's pride	N
I've seen yon weary winter sun	P
Twice forty times return	Q
And ev'ry time has added proofs	R
That man was made to mourn	L
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O man while in thy early years	F
How prodigal of time	S
Mis spending all thy precious hours	T
Thy glorious youthful prime	S
Alternate follies take the sway	U
Licentious passions burn	Q
Which tenfold force gives Nature's law	V
That man was made to mourn	L
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Look not alone on youthful prime	S
Or manhood's active might	W
Man then is useful to his kind	X
Supported in his right	W
But see him on the edge of life	Y
With cares and sorrows worn	L
Then Age and Want oh ill match'd pair	B
Shew man was made to mourn	L
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A few seem favourites of fate	Z
In pleasure's lap carest	Z
Yet think not all the rich and great	Z
Are likewise truly blest	Z
But oh what crowds in ev'ry land	Z
All wretched and forlorn	L
Thro' weary life this lesson learn	Q
That man was made to mourn	L
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Many and sharp the num'rous ills	A2
Inwoven with our frame	B2
More pointed still we make ourselves	C2
Regret remorse and shame	B2
And man whose heav'n erected face	D2
The smiles of love adorn	L
Man's inhumanity to man	K
Makes countless thousands mourn	L
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See yonder poor o'erlabour'd wight	Z
So abject mean and vile	E2
Who begs a brother of the earth	F2
To give him leave to toil	G2
And see his lordly fellow worm	H2
The poor petition spurn	Q
Unmindful tho' a weeping wife	Y
And helpless offspring mourn	L
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If I'm design'd yon lordling's slave	I2
By Nature's law design'd	Z
Why was an independent wish	J2
E'er planted in my mind	Z
If not why am I subject to	Z
His cruelty or scorn	L
Or why has man the will and pow'r	K2
To make his fellow mourn	L
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Yet let not this too much my son	P
Disturb thy youthful breast	Z
This partial view of human kind	Z
Is surely not the last	Z
The poor oppressed honest man	K
Had never sure been born	L
Had there not been some recompense	L2
To comfort those that mourn	L
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O Death the poor man's dearest friend	Z
The kindest and the best	Z
Welcome the hour my aged limbs	M2
Are laid with thee at rest	Z
The great the wealthy fear thy blow	N2
From pomp and pleasure torn	L
But oh a blest relief for those	J
That weary laden mourn	L

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