On A Tear Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FGFG HIHI JKJK LMNM| Oh that the Chemist's magic art | A |
| Could crystallize this sacred treasure | B |
| Long should it glitter near my heart | A |
| A secret source of pensive pleasure | B |
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| The little brilliant ere it fell | C |
| Its lustre caught from CHLOE'S eye | D |
| Then trembling left its coral cell | C |
| The spring of Sensibility | E |
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| Sweet drop of pure and pearly light | F |
| In thee the rays of Virtue shine | G |
| More calmly clear more mildly bright | F |
| Than any gem that gilds the mine | G |
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| Benign restorer of the soul | H |
| Who ever fly'st to bring relief | I |
| When first we feel the rude controul | H |
| Of Love or Pity Joy or Grief | I |
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| The sage's and the poet's theme | J |
| In every clime in every age | K |
| Thou charm'st in Fancy's idle dream | J |
| In Reason's philosophic page | K |
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| That very law Footnote which moulds a tear | L |
| And bids it trickle from its source | M |
| That law preserves the earth a sphere | N |
| And guides the planets in their course | M |
Samuel Rogers
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