Now And Afterwards Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDEDFF FDFDGDGHDD| TWO hands upon the breast | A |
| And labor's done | B |
| Two pale feet crossed in rest | A |
| The race is won | B |
| Two eyes with coin weights shut | C |
| And all tears cease | D |
| Two lips where grief is mute | E |
| Anger at peace' | D |
| So pray we oftentimes mourning our lot | F |
| God in his kindness answereth not | F |
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| 'Two hands to work addrest | F |
| Aye for His praise | D |
| Two feet that never rest | F |
| Walking His ways | D |
| Two eyes that look above | G |
| Through all their tears | D |
| Two lips still breathing love | G |
| Not wrath nor fear' | H |
| So pray we afterwards low on our knees | D |
| Pardon those erring prayers Father hear these | D |
Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
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