In Memory Of John Lothrop Motley Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABABABCDCDCD| SLEEP Motley with the great of ancient days | A |
| Who wrote for all the years that yet shall be | B |
| Sleep with Herodotus whose name and praise | A |
| Have reached the isles of earth s remotest sea | B |
| Sleep while defiant of the slow decays | A |
| Of time thy glorious writings speak for thee | B |
| And in the answering heart of millions raise | A |
| The generous zeal for Right and Liberty | B |
| And should the day o ertake us when at last | C |
| The silence that ere yet a human pen | D |
| Had traced the slenderest record of the past | C |
| Hushed the primeval languages of men | D |
| Upon our English tongue its spell shall cast | C |
| Thy memory shall perish only then | D |
William Cullen Bryant
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