Now Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCDD EAAEFGFG HIHIJKJK LMLMNONO PQPQRSKSK TUTVWXWX| Sometimes a single hour | A |
| Rings thro' a long life time | B |
| As from a temple tower | A |
| There often falls a chime | B |
| From blessed bells that seems | C |
| To fold in Heaven's dreams | C |
| Our spirits round a shrine | D |
| Hath such an hour been thine | D |
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| Sometimes who knoweth why | E |
| One minute holds a power | A |
| That shadows every hour | A |
| Dialed in life's sky | E |
| A cloud that is a speck | F |
| When seen from far away | G |
| May be a storm and wreck | F |
| The joys of every day | G |
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| Sometimes it seems not much | H |
| 'Tis scarcely felt at all | I |
| Grace gives a gentle touch | H |
| To hearts for once and all | I |
| Which in the spirit's strife | J |
| May all unnoticed be | K |
| And yet it rules a life | J |
| Hath this e'er come to thee | K |
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| Sometimes one little word | L |
| Whispered sweet and fleet | M |
| That scarcely can be heard | L |
| Our ears will sudden meet | M |
| And all life's hours along | N |
| That whisper may vibrate | O |
| And like a wizard's song | N |
| Decide our ev'ry fate | O |
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| Sometimes a sudden look | P |
| That falleth from some face | Q |
| Will steal into each nook | P |
| Of life and leave its trace | Q |
| To haunt us to the last | R |
| And sway our ev'ry will | S |
| Thro' all the days to be | K |
| For goodness or for ill | S |
| Hath this e'er come to thee | K |
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| Sometimes one minute folds | T |
| The hearts of all the years | U |
| Just like the heart that holds | T |
| The Infinite in tears | V |
| There be such thing as this | W |
| Who knoweth why or how | X |
| A life of woe or bliss | W |
| Hangs on some little Now | X |
Abram Joseph Ryan
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