For My Grand-Daughters, M. And L. - An Acrostic.



Mary and Lily - how sweet are those names,
Allied as they are to my heart and my home;
Recalling with freshness the days that are past,
Yielding buds of sweet promise for days yet to come.
  
Links are these names to the chain that hath bound
In fetters my heart, to which still they lay claim;
Loved ones and lovely, still close by me found,
Years past, and time present, whose names are the same.
  
Enshrined in this bosom, is living one now,
Still youthful and truthful, and talented too,
Though years have elapsed since she passed from our view;
E'en in Summer midst roses in beauty and bloom,
She faded away, and was borne to the tomb.
  
Weston, March 5, 1852.
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXX ABAB XCCDD X
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 654
Words 126
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 5, 1

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