The Blind Grandfather. (from The Villager's Verse-book.) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH| Though grandfather has long been blind | A |
| And his few locks are gray | B |
| He loves to hear the summer wind | A |
| Round his pale temples play | B |
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| We'll lead him to some quiet place | C |
| Some unfrequented nook | D |
| Where winds breathe soft and wild flowers grace | C |
| The borders of the brook | D |
| - | |
| There he shall sit as in a dream | E |
| Though nought can he behold | F |
| Till the brook's murmuring flow shall seem | E |
| The voice of friends of old | F |
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| Think no more of them aged man | G |
| For here thou hast no friend | H |
| Think since this life is but a span | G |
| Of joys that have no end | H |
William Lisle Bowles
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