Epistle To A Friend Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGFG HIHI JKLM NGNG ODPD QRSR| Give 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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