The Old Dispensation Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD AAEFGHII JJKKLLII| O thou who high in heaven | A |
| To man hast given | A |
| This clouded earthly life | B |
| All storm and strife | B |
| Blasted with ice and fire | C |
| Love and desire | C |
| Filled with dead faith and love | D |
| That change is master of | D |
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| O Thou who mightest have given | A |
| To all Thy heaven | A |
| But who instead didst give | E |
| This life we live | F |
| Who feedest with blood and tears | G |
| The hungry years | H |
| I make one prayer to Thee | I |
| O Great God grant it me | I |
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| Some day when summer shows | J |
| Her leaf her rose | J |
| God let Thy sinner lie | K |
| Under Thy sky | K |
| And feel Thy sun's large grace | L |
| Upon his face | L |
| Then grant him this that he | I |
| May not believe in Thee | I |
E. (edith) Nesbit
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