The Story Of Moses Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDAD AEFEGHIH AJKLMNKN AEOEAPCP| This is the story of Moses | A |
| The earliest scribe that we keep | B |
| Void was the earth and formless | A |
| And dark was the face of the deep | B |
| Till God's word flashed in lightning | C |
| Beautiful bountiful bright | D |
| And night was the name of the darkness | A |
| And day was the name of the light | D |
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| This is the story of Moses | A |
| Doubt it if ever you can | E |
| The world was too good to begin with | F |
| So God made Adam the man | E |
| And for Adam He made the woman | G |
| And He gave them laws to obey | H |
| And lastly He sent the serpent | I |
| To follow and tempt and betray | H |
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| This is the story of Moses | A |
| Eve got a man from the Lord | J |
| And his name was Cain and another | K |
| Called Abel the evil starred | L |
| And the brothers quarreled at their worship | M |
| And Abel the meek was slain | N |
| And Death shook hands with the slayer | K |
| His first and best friend Cain | N |
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| This is the story of Moses | A |
| Of how our people began | E |
| Of the broken law and the bloodshed | O |
| First fruits of the God sent man | E |
| This is the story of Moses | A |
| The earliest scribe who writ | P |
| And all the scribes who are writing | C |
| Don't vary the tale a whit | P |
Charles Hamilton Musgrove
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