Lines, Written On Seeing The Children Of The Naval Asylum.[1] Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ| Sons of Renown ye heirs of matchless fame | A |
| Whose Sires in Glory's path victorious fell | B |
| Adding new honors to the British name | A |
| That future ages shall with transport tell | B |
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| Yet not unpity'd nor forgot they die | C |
| For gen'rous Britons to their mem'ry raise | D |
| A tribute will their children's wants supply | C |
| A living monument of grateful praise | D |
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| To the sad mother who in speechless grief | E |
| Mourn'd o'er her infant's unprotected state | F |
| Benignant charity affords relief | E |
| And bids her bosom glow with joy elate | F |
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| Great your reward who thus impassion'd move | G |
| By nature taught the heart's persuasive play | H |
| Such deeds your God with pleasure shall approve | G |
| And endless blessings cheer your parting day | H |
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| What better boon can feeling hearts bestow | I |
| What nobler ornament can deck our isle | J |
| Than one that robs the wretched of their woe | I |
| And makes the widow and the orphan smile | J |
Thomas Gent
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