On The Death Of A Favourite Old Spaniel Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIBJKKLMNOPDK NQRSHTKUBUVWXFYKB| And they have drown'd thee then at last poor Phillis | A |
| The burthen of old age was heavy on thee | B |
| And yet thou should'st have lived what tho' thine eye | C |
| Was dim and watch'd no more with eager joy | D |
| The wonted call that on thy dull sense sunk | E |
| With fruitless repetition the warm Sun | F |
| Would still have cheer'd thy slumber thou didst love | G |
| To lick the hand that fed thee and tho' past | H |
| Youth's active season even Life itself | I |
| Was comfort Poor old friend most earnestly | B |
| Would I have pleaded for thee thou hadst been | J |
| Still the companion of my childish sports | K |
| And as I roam'd o'er Avon's woody clifts | K |
| From many a day dream has thy short quick bark | L |
| Recall'd my wandering soul I have beguil'd | M |
| Often the melancholy hours at school | N |
| Sour'd by some little tyrant with the thought | O |
| Of distant home and I remember'd then | P |
| Thy faithful fondness for not mean the joy | D |
| Returning at the pleasant holydays | K |
| I felt from thy dumb welcome Pensively | N |
| Sometimes have I remark'd thy slow decay | Q |
| Feeling myself changed too and musing much | R |
| On many a sad vicissitude of Life | S |
| Ah poor companion when thou followedst last | H |
| Thy master's parting footsteps to the gate | T |
| That clos'd for ever on him thou didst lose | K |
| Thy truest friend and none was left to plead | U |
| For the old age of brute fidelity | B |
| But fare thee well mine is no narrow creed | U |
| And HE who gave thee being did not frame | V |
| The mystery of life to be the sport | W |
| Of merciless man there is another world | X |
| For all that live and move a better one | F |
| Where the proud bipeds who would fain confine | Y |
| INFINITE GOODNESS to the little bounds | K |
| Of their own charity may envy thee | B |
Robert Southey
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