My Father's Grave. (from The Villager's Verse-book.) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DCEC FCFC AGAC| My father's grave I heard her say | A |
| And marked a stealing tear | B |
| Oh no I would not go away | A |
| My father's grave is here | C |
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| A thousand thronging sympathies | D |
| The lonely spot endear | C |
| And every eve remembrance sighs | E |
| My father's grave is here | C |
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| Some sudden tears unbidden start | F |
| As spring's gay birds I hear | C |
| For all things whisper to my heart | F |
| My father's grave is here | C |
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| Young hope may blend each colour gay | A |
| And fairer views appear | G |
| But no I will not go away | A |
| My father's grave is here | C |
William Lisle Bowles
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