Epistle To A Friend Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGFG HIHI JKLM NGNG ODPD QRSRGive me the wreath of friendship true | A |
Whose flowerets fade not in a breath | B |
From memory gaining many a hue | A |
To bloom beyond the touch of death | B |
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And I will send it to thy home | C |
Thy home beloved my faithful friend | D |
And pray for its perpetual bloom | E |
And every bliss that earth can send | D |
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Within its magic wreath I'd place | F |
Hearts' ease and every lovely flower | G |
To win thee by their matchless grace | F |
And cheer and bless the lonely hour | G |
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When at the world's unkind return | H |
Of all thy worth and all thy care | I |
Thou may'st in spite of manhood turn | H |
And shed the sad the bitter tear | I |
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Then midst this holy grief of thine | J |
The thought of some true friend may bless | K |
And cheer the gloom like angel's smile | L |
Or sunbeam in a wilderness | M |
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And could I hope I had a claim | N |
On thee in such a rapturous hour | G |
Oh that indeed I'd own were fame | N |
The saving ark of friendship's power | G |
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Or that in future years thy babes | O |
Should o'er this frail memorial bend | D |
For first affection rarely fades | P |
And boast that I was once the friend | D |
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Whose wit or worth possess'd a charm | Q |
By Parents loved and them caress'd | R |
That spell would every sorrow calm | S |
And bid my anxious spirit rest | R |
Thomas Gent
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