Stanzas Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GEGE HIJI KLKL| Say why is the stern eye averted with scorn | A |
| Of the stoic who passes along | B |
| And why frowns the maid else as mild as the morn | A |
| On the victim of falsehood and wrong | B |
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| For the wretch sunk in sorrow repentance and shame | C |
| The tear of compassion is won | D |
| And alone must she forfeit the wretch's sad claim | C |
| Because she's deceived and undone | D |
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| Oh recal the stern look ere it reaches her heart | E |
| To bid its wounds rankle anew | F |
| Oh smile or embalm with a tear the sad smart | E |
| And angels will smile upon you | F |
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| Time was when she knew nor opprobrium nor pain | G |
| And youth could its pleasures impart | E |
| Till some serpent distill'd through her bosom the stain | G |
| As he wound round the strings of her heart | E |
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| Poor girl let thy tears through thy blandishments break | H |
| Nor strive to retrace them within | I |
| For mine would I mingle with those on thy cheek | J |
| Nor think that such sorrow were sin | I |
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| When the low trampled reed and the pine in its pride | K |
| Shall alike feel the hand of decay | L |
| May thy God grant that mercy the world has denied | K |
| And wipe all your sorrows away | L |
Thomas Gent
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