The Parting Soul And Her Guardian Angel Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCCDD EFFGH BCCDD EIIJJ BFKLLMMNOPPDD EQQRRSSTU BVVCCWWDD| Written during sickness | A |
| - | |
| Soul | B |
| Oh say must I leave this world of light | C |
| With its sparkling streams and sunshine bright | C |
| Its budding flowers its glorious sky | D |
| Vain tis to ask me I cannot die | D |
| - | |
| Angel | E |
| But sister list in the realms above | F |
| That happy home of eternal love | F |
| Are flowers more fair and skies more clear | G |
| Than those thou dost cling to so fondly here | H |
| - | |
| Soul | B |
| Ah yes but to reach that home of light | C |
| I must pass through the fearful vale of night | C |
| And my soul with alarm doth shuddering cry | D |
| O angel I tell thee I dare not die | D |
| - | |
| Angel | E |
| Ah mortal beloved in that path untried | I |
| Will I be as ever still at thy side | I |
| Through gloom to guide till death s shadows passed | J |
| Thou nearest unharmed God s throne at last | J |
| - | |
| Soul | B |
| Alas too many close ties of love | F |
| Around my wavering heart are wove | K |
| Fond tender voices press me to stay | L |
| Think st thou from them I would pass away | L |
| Daily my mother with anguish wild | M |
| Bends o er the couch of her dying child | M |
| And one nearer still with silent tears | N |
| Betrays his anguish his gloomy fears | O |
| Yes even now while to thee I speak | P |
| Are hot drops falling upon my cheek | P |
| Think you I d break from so close a tie | D |
| No my guardian angel I cannot die | D |
| - | |
| Angel | E |
| Poor child of earth how closely clings | Q |
| Thy heart to earth and to earthly things | Q |
| Wilt thou still revolt if I whisper low | R |
| That thy Father in Heaven wills it so | R |
| Wills that with Him thou should st henceforth dwell | S |
| To pray for those whom thou lovest so well | S |
| Till a time shall come when you ll meet again | T |
| To forget for ever life s grief and pain | U |
| - | |
| Soul | B |
| Spirit thy words have a potent power | V |
| O er my sinking heart in this awful hour | V |
| And thy soft breathed hopes with magic might | C |
| Have chased from my soul the shades of night | C |
| Console the dear ones I part from now | W |
| Who hang o er my couch with pallid brow | W |
| Tell them we ll meet in yon shining sky | D |
| And Saviour tender now let me die | D |
Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon
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