Dirge Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCC DDECCCC FFGGCCC HHIICCC| Peace oh peace be to the shade | A |
| Of him who here in earth is laid | A |
| Saints and spirits of the blessed | B |
| Look upon his bed of rest | B |
| Forgive his sins propitious be | C |
| Dona pacem Domine | C |
| Dona pacem Domine | C |
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| When from yonder window's height | D |
| The moonbeams on the floor are bright | D |
| Sounds of viewless harps shall die | E |
| Sounds of heaven's own harmony | C |
| Forgive his sins propitious be | C |
| Dona pacem Domine | C |
| Dona pacem Domine | C |
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| By the spirits of the brave | F |
| Who died the land they loved to save | F |
| By the soldier's faint farewell | G |
| By freedom's blessing where he fell | G |
| Forgive his sins propitious be | C |
| Dona pacem Domine | C |
| Dona pacem Domine | C |
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| By a nation's mingled moan | H |
| By liberty's expiring groan | H |
| By the saints to whom 'tis given | I |
| To bear that parting groan to heaven | I |
| To his shade propitious be | C |
| Dona pacem Domine | C |
| Dona pacem Domine | C |
William Lisle Bowles
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