To My Dearest Sister, M. Mercy Herrick Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDEFFGG| Whene'er I go or whatsoe'er befalls | A |
| Me in mine age or foreign funerals | B |
| This blessing I will leave thee ere I go | C |
| Prosper thy basket and therein thy dough | C |
| Feed on the paste of filberts or else knead | D |
| And bake the flour of amber for thy bread | E |
| Balm may thy trees drop and thy springs run oil | F |
| And everlasting harvest crown thy soil | F |
| These I but wish for but thyself shall see | G |
| The blessing fall in mellow times on thee | G |
Robert Herrick
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