Epitaph Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDA| Mortal whoe'er thou art that passest by | A |
| Stop and behold this stone with heedful eye | A |
| Here lies a Youth whom Death's resistless power | B |
| In health's full vigour at the festal hour | B |
| All unprepared alas to meet his doom | C |
| Snatch'd suddenly to an untimely tomb | C |
| - | |
| Mortal take heed in awful silence think | D |
| Thou stand'st upon Eternity's dread brink | D |
| O listen to Religion's warning cry | A |
| 'Man know thy nature and prepare to die ' | - |
Thomas Oldham
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