Husband And Wife Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFF GHGIJJ KFKFLM NONODD PHPHFF KQKQRR| The world had chafed his spirit proud | A |
| By its wearing crushing strife | B |
| The censure of the thoughtless crowd | A |
| Had touched a blameless life | B |
| Like the dove of old from the water s foam | C |
| He wearily turned to the ark of home | C |
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| Hopes he had cherished with joyous heart | D |
| Had toiled for many a day | E |
| With body and spirit and patient art | D |
| Like mists had melted away | E |
| And o er day dreams vanished o er fond hopes flown | F |
| He sat him down to mourn alone | F |
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| No not alone for soft fingers rest | G |
| On his hot and aching brow | H |
| Back the damp hair is tenderly pressed | G |
| While a sweet voice whispers low | I |
| Thy joys have I shared O my husband true | J |
| And shall I not share thy sorrows too | J |
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| Vain task to resist the loving gaze | K |
| That so fondly meets his own | F |
| Revealing a heart that cares for praise | K |
| From him and him alone | F |
| And though censure and grief upon him pall | L |
| Unto to her at least he is all in all | M |
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| What though false friends should turn aside | N |
| Or chill with icy look | O |
| What though he meet the pitying pride | N |
| The proud heart ill can brook | O |
| There are depths of love in one gentle heart | D |
| Whose faith with death alone will part | D |
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| Aye well may thy brow relax its gloom | P |
| For a talisman hast thou | H |
| Gainst hopes that are blighted in their bloom | P |
| Gainst scornful look or brow | H |
| Her heart is a high and a holy throne | F |
| Where monarch supreme thou reignest alone | F |
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| Kindly return her tender gaze | K |
| Press closely that little hand | Q |
| Whisper fond words and soothing praise | K |
| They are ever at thy command | Q |
| It is all the harvest she asks to reap | R |
| In return for love as the ocean deep | R |
Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon
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