On The Death Of Dr. Abel,[1] Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEFGHIDAJKL MNOPQRSTUVWR XYZA2B2 C2D2E2F2| Physician and Naturalist to Lord Amherst Governor General of India who died at Cawnpoor th of November | A |
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| Another awful warning voice of death | B |
| To human dignity and human pride | C |
| 'Tis sad to mark how short the longest life | D |
| How brief was thine Thy day is done | E |
| And all its complicated hopes and fears | F |
| Lie buried ABEL in an early grave | G |
| The unavailing tear for thee shall flow | H |
| And love and friendship faithful record keep | I |
| Of all thy varied worth thy anxious strife | D |
| For fame and years now gone for ever | A |
| Yet o'er thy tomb science and learning | J |
| Bend in mute regret and truth proclaims | K |
| Thy just inheritance an honour'd name | L |
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| Lamented most by those who knew thee best | M |
| Accept this humble tributary lay | N |
| From one who in thy boyhood and thy prime | O |
| Had shared thy friendship and had fondly hoped | P |
| When last we parted many years were thine | Q |
| And joys in store that thy elastic mind | R |
| Might long have gladden'd life's monotony | S |
| Thine was a princely heart a joyous soul | T |
| The charm of reason and the sprightly wit | U |
| Which kept dull letter'd ignorance in awe | V |
| Shook the pretender on his tinsel throne | W |
| And claim'd the glorious dignity of mind | R |
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| Alas that in thy prime when time began | X |
| To make thee nearly all the World could wish | Y |
| The spoiler Death should unrelenting come | Z |
| As though in envy of thy wondrous skill | A2 |
| And stop the fountain of a noble heart | B2 |
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| Rest anxious spirit from life's feverish dream | C2 |
| From all its sad realities and cares | D2 |
| Be this thy Epitaph thy honour'd boast | E2 |
| Thine was the fame which thine own mind achieved | F2 |
Thomas Gent
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