Consider The Lilies Of The Field Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBBBDBEEFFGGCHIJKK HLLHFlowers preach to us if we will hear | A |
The rose saith in the dewy morn | B |
I am most fair | C |
Yet all my loveliness is born | B |
Upon a thorn | B |
The poppy saith amid the corn | B |
Let but my scarlet head appear | D |
And I am held in scorn | B |
Yet juice of subtle virtue lies | E |
Within my cup of curious dyes | E |
The lilies say Behold how we | F |
Preach without words of purity | F |
The violets whisper from the shade | G |
Which their own leaves have made | G |
Men scent our fragrance on the air | C |
Yet take no heed | H |
Of humble lessons we would read | I |
But not alone the fairest flowers | J |
The merest grass | K |
Along the roadside where we pass | K |
Lichen and moss and sturdy weed | H |
Tell of His love who sends the dew | L |
The rain and sunshine too | L |
To nourish one small seed | H |
Christina Georgina Rossetti
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