The Withered Leaf. (from The Villager's Verse-book.) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF| Oh mark the withered leaves that fall | A |
| In silence to the ground | B |
| Upon the human heart they call | A |
| And preach without a sound | B |
| - | |
| They say So passes man's brief year | C |
| To day his green leaves wave | D |
| To morrow changed by time and sere | C |
| He drops into the grave | D |
| - | |
| Let Wisdom be our sole concern | E |
| Since life's green days are brief | F |
| And faith and heavenly hope shall learn | E |
| A lesson from the LEAF | F |
William Lisle Bowles
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