Sonnet: July 18th 1787 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBACDECFGGFHH| O Time who know'st a lenient hand to lay | A |
| Softest on sorrow's wound and slowly thence | B |
| Lulling to sad repose the weary sense | B |
| The faint pang stealest unperceived away | A |
| On thee I rest my only hope at last | C |
| And think when thou hast dried the bitter tear | D |
| That flows in vain o'er all my soul held dear | E |
| I may look back on every sorrow past | C |
| And meet life's peaceful evening with a smile mdash | F |
| As some lone bird at day's departing hour | G |
| Sings in the sunbeam of the transient shower | G |
| Forgetful though its wings are wet the while mdash | F |
| Yet ah how much must that poor heart endure | H |
| Which hopes from thee and thee alone a cure | H |
William Lisle Bowles
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