Death, To The Dead For Evermore Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAACDCD DEEFEGHFG FEFEFEE| DEATH to the dead for evermore | A |
| A King a God the last the best of friends | B |
| Whene'er this mortal journey ends | B |
| Death like a host comes smiling to the door | A |
| Smiling he greets us on that tranquil shore | A |
| Where neither piping bird nor peeping dawn | C |
| Disturbs the eternal sleep | D |
| But in the stillness far withdrawn | C |
| Our dreamless rest for evermore we keep | D |
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| For as from open windows forth we peep | D |
| Upon the night time star beset | E |
| And with dews for ever wet | E |
| So from this garish life the spirit peers | F |
| And lo as a sleeping city death outspread | E |
| Where breathe the sleepers evenly and lo | G |
| After the loud wars triumphs trumpets tears | H |
| And clamour of man's passion Death appears | F |
| And we must rise and go | G |
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| Soon are eyes tired with sunshine soon the ears | F |
| Weary of utterance seeing all is said | E |
| Soon racked by hopes and fears | F |
| The all pondering all contriving head | E |
| Weary with all things wearies of the years | F |
| And our sad spirits turn toward the dead | E |
| And the tired child the body longs for bed | E |
Robert Louis Stevenson
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