To A Young Girl With An Album Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH FFII| Gentle Lily with this Album my warmest wishes take | A |
| I know its pages oft thou lt ope and prize it for my sake | A |
| For though a trifling offering it bears the magic spell | B |
| Of coming from the hand of one who loves thee passing well | B |
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| O could thy young life s course be traced by will or wish of mine | C |
| A smiling joyous future a bright lot would be thine | C |
| No cloud should mar the gladness of thy fair youth s op ning morn | D |
| The roses of thy girlhood should be free from blight or thorn | D |
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| Howe er tis better ordered by a Blessed Power above | E |
| Who sends us cross and trial as a token of His Love | E |
| For we d cling ah far too closely to earthly joys and ties | F |
| Unwilling e er to leave them for our home beyond the skies | F |
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| As the pages of this volume unwritten stainless fair | G |
| Life opens out before thee let it be thine aim and care | G |
| To keep the record spotless and ever free from all | H |
| That thou might st wish hereafter remorseful to recall | H |
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| Not seeking to o ershadow thy smiling azure eyes | F |
| Nor see that girlish bosom heave with sad thoughts and sighs | F |
| I would whisper low while wishing thee all earthly cloudless bliss | I |
| Be life a preparation for a better life than this | I |
Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon
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