Epitaph On Benjamin Tremlyn, An Old Soldier, Buried In Bremhill Churchyard At The Age Of 92 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCDEEFFGGHHII| A poor old soldier shall not lie unknown | A |
| Without a verse and this recording stone | A |
| 'Twas his in youth o'er distant lands to stray | B |
| Danger and death companions of his way | B |
| Here in his native village drooping age | C |
| Closed the lone evening of his pilgrimage | D |
| Speak of the past of names of high renown | E |
| Or his brave comrades long to dust gone down | E |
| His eye with instant animation glowed | F |
| Though ninety winters on his head had snowed | F |
| His country whilst he lived a boon supplied | G |
| And faith her shield held o'er him when he died | G |
| Hope Christian that his spirit lives with God | H |
| And pluck the wild weeds from his lowly sod | H |
| Where dust to dust beside the chancel's shade | I |
| Till the last trumpet sounds a brave man's bones are laid | I |
William Lisle Bowles
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