Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon

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Given And Taken Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE DBDBGHAH IJKJDLML LNONLLLL KPQPGLAL LRSRLTMT QLALLUMU

The snow flakes were softly fallingA
Adown on the landscape whiteB
When the violet eyes of my first bornC
Opened unto the lightB
And I thought as I pressed him to meD
With loving rapturous thrillE
He was pure and fair as the snow flakesF
That lay on the landscape stillE
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I smiled when they spoke of the wearyD
Length of the winter s nightB
Of the days so short and so drearyD
Of the sun s cold cheerless lightB
I listened but in their murmursG
Nor by word nor thought took partH
For the smiles of my gentle darlingA
Brought light to my home and heartH
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Oh quickly the joyous springtimeI
Came back to our ice bound earthJ
Filling meadows and woods with sunshineK
And hearts with gladsome mirthJ
But ah on earth s dawning beautyD
There rested a gloomy shadeL
For our tiny household blossomM
Began to droop and fadeL
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And I shuddering felt that the frailestL
Of the flowers in the old woods dimN
Had a surer hold on existenceO
Than I dared to hope for himN
In the flush of the summer s beautyL
On a sunny golden dayL
When flowers gemmed dell and uplandL
My darling passed awayL
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Now I chafed at the brilliant sunshineK
That flooded my lonely roomP
Now I wearied of bounteous NatureQ
So full of life and bloomP
I regretted the wintry hoursG
With the snow flakes falling fastL
And the little form of my nurslingA
With his arms around me castL
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They laid his tiny garmentL
In an attic chamber highR
His coral his empty cradleS
That they might not meet my eyeR
And his name was never utteredL
What e er each heart might feelT
For they wished the wound in my bosomM
Might have tune to close and healT
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It has done so thanks to that PowerQ
That has been my earthly stayL
And should you talk of my darlingA
I could listen now all dayL
For I know that each passing minuteL
Brings me nearer life s last shoreU
And nearer that glorious KingdomM
Where we both shall meet once moreU

Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon



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