Of Charity Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFG BHFH IJK ELM| A beggar died last night his soul | A |
| Went up to God and said | B |
| 'I come uncalled forgive it Lord | C |
| I died for want of bread ' | D |
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| Then answered him the Lord of heaven | E |
| 'Son how can this thing be | F |
| Are not my saints on earth and they | G |
| Had surely succoured thee ' | - |
| - | |
| 'Thy saints O Lord ' the beggar said | B |
| 'Live holy lives of prayer | H |
| How should they know of such as we | F |
| We perish unaware | H |
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| 'They strive to save our wicked souls | I |
| And fit them for the sky | J |
| Meanwhile not having bread to eat | K |
| Forgive our bodies die ' | - |
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| Then the Lord God spake out of heaven | E |
| In wrath and angry pain | L |
| 'O men for whom my Son hath died | M |
| My Son hath lived in vain ' | - |
Arthur Symons
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