Grey Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBA CDEC FGGF BHHB IJJK LMML NOON PQQPRDDR BSSB| Is the morning dim and cloudy Does the wind drift up the leaves | A |
| Is there mist upon the mountains where the sun shone yesterday | B |
| Are the little song birds silent Is the sky all blurred and grey | B |
| Does the rain fall patter patter from the eaves | A |
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| Does your glass go down And does your heart sink in the dreary lull | C |
| Are the strings relax'd and limp and do the soft notes whine and cry | D |
| Has the damp got in and jarred the chords and spoil'd the melody | E |
| Are you out of tune belov d are you dull | C |
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| Has the chill wind found an entrance Does it sigh and rustle there | F |
| Is it drifting not the dead leaves but your dead hopes all about | G |
| Is it waking up your sorrow while your light is blotted out | G |
| Does your heart seem sad and cold and full of care | F |
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| Are you listless and discouraged dear and does your life look grey | B |
| Does there seem no use in trying Does your work fall from your hand | H |
| Would you give up the great riddle that's so hard to understand | H |
| Oh then go you to your chamber straight and pray | B |
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| Go and pray and God will give you peace and comfort for your pain | I |
| All the misty dull confusion He will tenderly reform | J |
| And the fire of His own Spirit that shall make you dry and warm | J |
| And your harp strings shall be strung and tuned again | K |
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| Ay the Lord will put the melody in your heart and soul anew | L |
| So that howsoe'er unskilled and rude the hands that touch the wires | M |
| There shall come forth beautiful chords of faith and hope and high desires | M |
| Only music that is deep and sweet and true | L |
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| Go and work the clouds will show the silver lining that's behind | N |
| Go to squalid lanes and alleys where grim want and sickness lurk | O |
| Feed the hungry soothe the suffering tell the poor of Christ oh work | O |
| And you'll no more hear the rustling of the wind | N |
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| Then you'll no more hear the restless hopeless sobbing over sin | P |
| No more hear the earthly troubles crying crying from the ground | Q |
| For the wings of guardian angels they shall compass you around | Q |
| That the wind shall have no place to enter in | P |
| Then as wither'd leaves lie browning on the quiet grassy slopes | R |
| As they sink in peaceful earth and moulder with it as they die | D |
| To help nurture precious seeds for coming summers so shall lie | D |
| Calm and still your sorrowful memories and dead hopes | R |
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| O belov d work and wait The sun will shine another day | B |
| On a heart refresh'd and strong and green and cool The rain and gloom | S |
| Are to make the sap run quicker give the flowers a deeper bloom | S |
| We have need for both the golden and the grey | B |
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