Maritæ Suæ Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDC EFEF GHGH IEIE A JJKK LLMM NNOO PPQR| I | A |
| - | |
| Of all the flowers rising now | B |
| Thou only saw'st the head | C |
| Of that unopen'd drop of snow | D |
| I placed beside thy bed | C |
| - | |
| In all the blooms that blow so fast | E |
| Thou hast no further part | F |
| Save those the hour I saw thee last | E |
| I laid above thy heart | F |
| - | |
| Two snowdrops for our boy and girl | G |
| A primrose blown for me | H |
| Wreathed with one often play'd with curl | G |
| From each bright head for thee | H |
| - | |
| And so I graced thee for thy grave | I |
| And made these tokens fast | E |
| With that old silver heart I gave | I |
| My first gift and my last | E |
| - | |
| II | A |
| - | |
| I dream'd her babe upon her breast | J |
| Here she might lie and calmly rest | J |
| Her happy eyes on that far hill | K |
| That backs the landscape fresh and still | K |
| - | |
| I hoped her thoughts would thrid the boughs | L |
| Where careless birds on love carouse | L |
| And gaze those apple blossoms through | M |
| To revel in the boundless blue | M |
| - | |
| But now her faculty of sight | N |
| Is elder sister to the light | N |
| And travels free and unconfined | O |
| Through dense and rare through form and mind | O |
| - | |
| Or else her life to be complete | P |
| Hath found new channels full and meet | P |
| Then O what eyes are leaning o'er | Q |
| If fairer than they were before | R |
William Philpot
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