On Seeing A Bust Of R. B. Sheridan, From A Cast Taken After Death.[209] Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCADEFDGG HHIIDD JJBBKKLL K| Alas poor Sheridan when first we met | A |
| 'Twas 'mid a smiling circle and thine eye | B |
| That flashed with eloquent hilarity | C |
| And playful fancy I remember yet | A |
| Freshly as yesterday The gay and fair | D |
| The young and beautiful now in their graves | E |
| Surrounded us while on the lucid wave | F |
| Of Hampton's waters to the morning air | D |
| The streamer softly played of our light boat | G |
| Which seemed as on a magic sea to float | G |
| - | |
| I saw thee after in this crowd of life | H |
| Conflicting but yet blandly with its strife | H |
| As the still car of Time rolled on thy cheek | I |
| Wore the same smile yet with a trace more weak | I |
| Lone sorrow came as life declined and care | D |
| And age with slowly furrowing line was there | D |
| - | |
| I could have spared this fearful sight Most strange | J |
| Is the eventful tale of mortal change | J |
| Inevitable but death brought so nigh | B |
| In form so tangible harrows the eye | B |
| As all the past floats like a cloud away | K |
| Alas poor Sheridan I turn and say | K |
| Not without feelings which such sights impart | L |
| Sad but instructive to the Christian's heart | L |
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| May | K |
William Lisle Bowles
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