Poems From "a Shropshire Lad" - Xlviii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EEEE EFEG| Be still my soul be still the arms you bear are brittle | A |
| Earth and high heaven are fixt of old and founded strong | B |
| Think rather call to thought if now you grieve a little | A |
| The days when we had rest O soul for they were long | B |
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| Men loved unkindness then but lightless in the quarry | C |
| I slept and saw not tears fell down I did not mourn | D |
| Sweat ran and blood sprang out and I was never sorry | C |
| Then it was well with me in days ere I was born | D |
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| Now and I muse for why and never find the reason | E |
| I pace the earth and drink the air and feel the sun | E |
| Be still be still my soul it is but for a season | E |
| Let us endure an hour and see injustice done | E |
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| Ay look high heaven and earth ail from the prime foundation | E |
| All thoughts to rive the heart are here and all are vain | F |
| Horror and scorn and hate and fear and indignation | E |
| Oh why did I awake when shall I sleep again | G |
Alfred Edward Housman
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