Orphan School Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFGFHBHB IFIFJIJI| Full fifty merry maids I heard | A |
| One summer morn a singing | B |
| And each was like a joyous bird | A |
| With spring clear not a ringing | B |
| It was an old time soldier song | C |
| That held their happy voices | D |
| Oh how it's good to swing along | C |
| When youth rejoices | D |
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| Then lo I dreamed long years had gone | E |
| They passed again ungladly | F |
| Their backs were bent their cheeks were wan | G |
| Their eyes were staring sadly | F |
| Their ranks were thinned by full a score | H |
| From death's remorseless reaping | B |
| Their steps were slow they sang no more | H |
| Nay some were weeping | B |
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| Dark dream I saw my maids today | I |
| Singing so innocently | F |
| Their eyes with happiness were gay | I |
| They looked at me so gently | F |
| Thought I Be merry in your youth | J |
| With hearts unrueing | I |
| Thank God you do not know the truth | J |
| Of Life's Undoing | I |
Robert William Service
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