The Dead Child Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEF GHIH JFJF KLML NONO PPPP QHQH RSRS TPTP GUGU PVPV WXWX KPKP TPTP YPYP| ALL silent is the room | A |
| There is no stir of breath | B |
| Save mine as in the gloom | A |
| I sit alone with Death | B |
| Short life it had the sweet | C |
| Small babe here lying dead | D |
| With tapers at its feet | C |
| And tapers at its head | D |
| - | |
| Dear little hands too frail | E |
| Their grasp on life to hold | F |
| Dear little mouth so pale | E |
| So solemn and so cold | F |
| - | |
| Small feet that nevermore | G |
| About the house shall run | H |
| Thy little life is o er | I |
| Thy little journey done | H |
| - | |
| Sweet infant dead too soon | J |
| Thou shalt no more behold | F |
| The face of sun or moon | J |
| Or starlight clear and cold | F |
| - | |
| Nor know where thou art gone | K |
| The mournfulness and mirth | L |
| We know who dwell upon | M |
| This sad glad mad old earth | L |
| - | |
| The foolish hopes and fond | N |
| That cheat us to the last | O |
| Thou shalt not feel beyond | N |
| All these things thou hast passed | O |
| - | |
| The struggles that upraise | P |
| The soul by slow degrees | P |
| To God through weary days | P |
| Thou hast no part in these | P |
| - | |
| And at thy childish play | Q |
| Shall we O little one | H |
| No more behold thee Nay | Q |
| No more beneath the sun | H |
| - | |
| Death s sword may well be bared | R |
| Gainst those grown old in strife | S |
| But ah it might have spared | R |
| Thy little unlived life | S |
| - | |
| Why talk as in despair | T |
| Just God whose rod I kiss | P |
| Did not make thee so fair | T |
| To end thy life at this | P |
| - | |
| There is some pleasant shore | G |
| Far from His Heaven of Pride | U |
| Where those strong souls who bore | G |
| His Cross in bliss abide | U |
| - | |
| Some place where feeble things | P |
| For Life s long war too weak | V |
| Young birds with unfledged wings | P |
| Buds nipped by storm winds bleak | V |
| - | |
| Young lambs left all forlorn | W |
| Beneath a bitter sky | X |
| Meek souls to sorrow born | W |
| Find refuge when they die | X |
| - | |
| There day is one long dawn | K |
| And from the cups of flowers | P |
| Light dew filled clouds updrawn | K |
| Rain soft and perfumed showers | P |
| - | |
| Child Jesus walketh there | T |
| Amidst child angel bands | P |
| With smiling lips and fair | T |
| White roses in His hands | P |
| - | |
| I kiss thee on the brow | Y |
| I kiss thee on the eyes | P |
| Farewell Thy home is now | Y |
| The Children s Paradise | P |
Victor James Daley
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
About The Dead Child
The Dead Child is a poem by Victor James Daley. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
Write your comment about The Dead Child poem by Victor James Daley
Best Poems of Victor James Daley