The April Shower. (from The Villager's Verse-book.) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFGF| When rain drops glistening from the thatch | A |
| Like drops of silver run | B |
| Our old blind grandame lifts the latch | A |
| To feel the cheering sun | B |
| - | |
| She sees no rainbow in the sky | C |
| But when the cuckoo sung | D |
| She thought upon the years gone by | C |
| When she was blithe and young | D |
| - | |
| But God who comforts want and age | E |
| Shall be her only friend | F |
| And bless her till her pilgrimage | G |
| In silent dust shall end | F |
William Lisle Bowles
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