One By One The Sands Are Flowing Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF CGCG CHCH EEEE| One by one the sands are flowing | A |
| One by one the moments fall | B |
| Some are coming some are going | A |
| Do not strive to grasp them all | B |
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| One by one thy duties wait thee | C |
| Let thy whole strength go to each | D |
| Let no future dreams elate thee | C |
| Learn thou first what these can teach | D |
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| One by one bright gifts of heaven | E |
| Joys are sent thee here below | F |
| Take them readily when given | E |
| Ready be to let them go | F |
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| One by one thy griefs shall meet thee | C |
| Do not fear an armed band | G |
| One will fade as others greet thee | C |
| Shadows passing through the land | G |
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| Every hour that fleets so slowly | C |
| Has its task to do our bear | H |
| Luminous the crown and holy | C |
| When each gem is set with care | H |
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| Hours are golden links God's token | E |
| Reaching heaven but one by one | E |
| Take them lest the chain be broken | E |
| Ere the pilgrimage be done | E |
Adelaide Anne Procter
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