The Death Of The Pauper Child Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHIHJKLM NOPOQRSR TUVUWXYX DNZNA2B2C2B2 D2C2E2C2F2G2BG2| Hush mourning mother wan and pale | A |
| No sobs no grieving now | B |
| No burning tears must thou let fall | C |
| Upon that cold still brow | B |
| No look of anguish cast above | D |
| Nor smite thine aching breast | E |
| But clasp thy hands and thank thy God | F |
| Thy darling is at rest | E |
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| Close down those dark fringed snowy lids | G |
| Over the violet eyes | H |
| Whose liquid light was once as clear | I |
| As that of summer skies | H |
| Is it not bliss to know what e er | J |
| Thy future griefs and fears | K |
| They will be never dimmed like thine | L |
| By sorrow s scalding tears | M |
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| Enfold the tiny fingers fair | N |
| From which life s warmth has fled | O |
| For ever freed from wearing toil | P |
| The toil for daily bread | O |
| Compose the softly moulded limbs | Q |
| The little waxen feet | R |
| Spared wayside journeys long and rough | S |
| Spared many a weary beat | R |
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| Draw close around the lifeless form | T |
| The shreds of raiment torn | U |
| Her only birthright just such rags | V |
| As thou for years hast worn | U |
| Her earthly dower the bitter crust | W |
| She might from pity crave | X |
| Moistened by tears then final gift | Y |
| A pauper s lowly grave | X |
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| Now raise thy spirit s gaze above | D |
| See st thou yon angel fair | N |
| With flowing robes and starry crown | Z |
| Gemming her golden hair | N |
| Changed glorified in every trait | A2 |
| Still with that beauty mild | B2 |
| Oh mourning mother thou dost know | C2 |
| Thine own thy late lost child | B2 |
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| An heir to heaven s entrancing bliss | D2 |
| Veiled in its golden glow | C2 |
| Still thinks she of the lonely heart | E2 |
| Left on this earth below | C2 |
| Courage not long thy weary steps | F2 |
| O er barren wastes shall roam | G2 |
| Thy daring prays the Father now | B |
| To quickly call thee home | G2 |
Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon
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