Brother Wind Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDAEA FGCGHIJI KLML NANA OAEA| I thank my god for brother wind | A |
| So prayed St Francis long ago | B |
| In words of simple joyous praise | C |
| That fill my heart with sudden glow | B |
| As braced by winter s icy draught | D |
| With singing soul and strengthened mind | A |
| I humbly join the good Saint s prayer | E |
| Thank my God for Brother Wind | A |
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| For Brother Wind who whispering soft | F |
| Brings subtlest perfume on his wings | G |
| The violet scent of childhood days | C |
| The lost delight in simple things | G |
| For Brother wind who whistling keen | H |
| O er open plain and storm scarred hill | I |
| Cleanses from mind and heart and brain | J |
| All thoughts of wrong and ancient ill | I |
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| Who wafts from scarce stirred lily beds | K |
| Incense of early purity | L |
| Or wakes to life our laggard souls | M |
| With stinging fragrance of the sea | L |
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| Echoes of Heaven far off and faint | N |
| For weary heart and tired mind | A |
| Sweet long lost memories old and quaint | N |
| These are the gifts of Brother Wind | A |
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| Ah Dear St Francis let me kneel | O |
| Before thy shrine with joyous mind | A |
| Joining my humble grateful prayer | E |
| Thanking our God for Brother Wind | A |
Alice Guerin Crist
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