The Hour-glass. (from The Villager's Verse-book.) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CBCB| As by my mother's side I stand | A |
| Whose hairs alas are few and gray | B |
| I watch the hour glass shed its sand | A |
| To mark how wears the night away | B |
| - | |
| Though age must many ills endure | C |
| As time for ever runs away | B |
| This shows her Christian comforts sure | C |
| And leads to heaven's eternal day | B |
William Lisle Bowles
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