A Farewell. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBCB ABDEDB ABFBFB ABGBGB| Go sun since go you must | A |
| The dusky evening lowers above our sky | B |
| Our sky which was so blue and sweetly fair | C |
| Night is not terrible that we should sigh | B |
| A little darkness we can surely bear | C |
| Will there not be more sunshine by and by | B |
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| Go rose since go you must | A |
| Flowerless and chill the winter draweth nigh | B |
| Closed are the blithe and fragrant lips which made | D |
| All summer long perpetual melody | E |
| Cheerless we take our way but not afraid | D |
| Will there not be more roses by and by | B |
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| Go love since go you must | A |
| Out of our pain we bless you as you fly | B |
| The momentary heaven the rainbow lit | F |
| Was worth whole days of black and stormy sky | B |
| Shall we not see as by the waves we sit | F |
| Your bright sail winging shoreward by and by | B |
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| Go life since go you must | A |
| Uncertain guest and whimsical ally | B |
| All questionless you came unquestioned go | G |
| What does it mean to live or what to die | B |
| Smiling we watch you vanish for we know | G |
| Somewhere is nobler living by and by | B |
Susan Coolidge (sarah Chauncey Woolsey)
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