A Song In Praise Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHII| Hail blessed Blunder golden idol hail | A |
| Clay footed deity of all who fail | A |
| Celestial image let thy glory shine | B |
| Thy feet concealing but a lamp to mine | B |
| Let me at seasons opportune and fit | C |
| By turns adore thee and by turns commit | C |
| In thy high service let me ever be | D |
| Yet never serve thee as my critics me | D |
| Happy and fallible content to feel | E |
| I blunder chiefly when to thee I kneel | E |
| But best felicity is his thy praise | F |
| Who utters unaware in works and ways | F |
| Who laborare est orare proves | G |
| And feels thy suasion wheresoe'er he moves | G |
| Serving thy purpose not thine altar still | H |
| And working for he thinks it his thy will | H |
| If such a life with blessings be not fraught | I |
| I envy Peter Robertson for naught | I |
Ambrose Bierce
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