In My Solitary Hours In My Dear Husband His Absence Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGF HIJI KLML ENON LJPJ HQRQ STUT VMWM XYMY SZCZ A2HQH OQSQ| O Lord Thou hear'st my daily moan | A |
| And see'st my dropping tears | B |
| My troubles all are Thee before | C |
| My longings and my fears | D |
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| Thou hitherto hast been my God | E |
| Thy help my soul hath found | F |
| Though loss and sickness me assailed | G |
| Through Thee I've kept my ground | F |
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| And Thy abode Thou'st made with me | H |
| With Thee my soul can talk | I |
| In secret places Thee I find | J |
| Where I do kneel or walk | I |
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| Though husband dear be from me gone | K |
| Whom I do love so well | L |
| I have a more beloved one | M |
| Whose comforts far excel | L |
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| O stay my heart on Thee my God | E |
| Uphold my fainting soul | N |
| And when I know not what to do | O |
| I'll on Thy mercies roll | N |
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| My weakness Thou dost know full well | L |
| Of body and of mind | J |
| I in this world no comfort have | P |
| But what from Thee I find | J |
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| Though children Thou has given me | H |
| And friends I have also | Q |
| Yet if I see Thee not through them | R |
| They are no joy but woe | Q |
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| O shine upon me blessed Lord | S |
| Ev'n for my Saviour's sake | T |
| In Thee alone is more than all | U |
| And there content I'll take | T |
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| O hear me Lord in this request | V |
| As Thou before hast done | M |
| Bring back my husband I beseech | W |
| As Thou didst once my son | M |
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| So shall I celebrate Thy praise | X |
| Ev'n while my days shall last | Y |
| And talk to my beloved one | M |
| Of all Thy goodness past | Y |
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| So both of us Thy kindness Lord | S |
| With praises shall recount | Z |
| And serve Thee better than before | C |
| Whose blessings thus surmount | Z |
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| But give me Lord a better heart | A2 |
| Then better shall I be | H |
| To pay the vows which I do owe | Q |
| Forever unto Thee | H |
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| Unless Thou help what can I do | O |
| But still my frailty show | Q |
| If Thou assist me Lord | S |
| I shall Return Thee what I owe | Q |
Anne Bradstreet
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