His Books Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDECC FGFGCC FHFCCCMy days among the Dead are past | A |
Around me I behold | B |
Where'er these casual eyes are cast | A |
The mighty minds of old | B |
My never failing friends are they | C |
With whom I converse day by day | C |
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With them I take delight in weal | D |
And seek relief in woe | E |
And while I understand and feel | D |
How much to them I owe | E |
My cheeks have often been bedew'd | C |
With tears of thoughtful gratitude | C |
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My thoughts are with the Dead with them | F |
I live in long past years | G |
Their virtues love their faults condemn | F |
Partake their hopes and fears | G |
And from their lessons seek and find | C |
Instruction with an humble mind | C |
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My hopes are with the Dead anon | F |
My place with them will be | H |
And I with them shall travel on | F |
Through all Futurity | C |
Yet leaving here a name I trust | C |
That will not perish in the dust | C |
Robert Southey
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