To A Lady Who Had Been Singing. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCB EAEA FGFG HIHI JKJK DLDL| The spirit harp within the breast | A |
| A spirit's touch alone can know | B |
| Yet thine the power to wake its rest | A |
| And bid its echoing numbers flow | B |
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| Yes and thy minstrel art the while | C |
| Can blend the tones of weal and we | D |
| So archly that the heart may smile | C |
| Though bright unbidden tear drops flow | B |
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| And thus thy wizard skill can weave | E |
| Music's soft twilight o'er the breast | A |
| As mingling day and night at eve | E |
| Robe the far purpling hills for rest | A |
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| Thy voice is treasured in my soul | F |
| And echoing memory shall prolong | G |
| Those woman tones whose sweet control | F |
| Melts joy and sorrow into song | G |
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| The tinted sea shell borne away | H |
| Far from the ocean's pebbly shore | I |
| Still loves to hum the choral lay | H |
| The whispering mermaid taught of yore | I |
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| The hollow cave that once hath known | J |
| Echo's lone voice can ne'er forget | K |
| But gives though parting years have flown | J |
| The wild responsive cadence yet | K |
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| So shall thy plaintive melody | D |
| Undying linger in my heart | L |
| Till the last string of memory | D |
| By death's chill finger struck shall part | L |
Samuel Griswold Goodrich
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