These Little Ones Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCDD EFEFGGHH ABABCCII GFGFJJKK| What of the garden I gave | A |
| God said to me | B |
| Hast thou been diligent to foster and save | A |
| The life of flower and tree | B |
| How have the roses thriven | C |
| The lilies I have given | C |
| The pretty scented miracles that Spring | D |
| And Summer come to bring | D |
| - | |
| My garden is fair and dear | E |
| I said to God | F |
| From thorns and nettles I have kept it clear | E |
| Green trimmed its sod | F |
| The rose is red and bright | G |
| The lily a live delight | G |
| I have not lost a flower of all the flowers | H |
| That blessed my hours | H |
| - | |
| What of the child I gave | A |
| God said to me | B |
| The little little one I died to save | A |
| And gave in trust to thee | B |
| How have the flowers grown | C |
| That in its soul were sown | C |
| The lovely living miracles of youth | I |
| And hope and joy and truth | I |
| - | |
| The child's face is all white | G |
| I said to God | F |
| It cries for cold and hunger in the night | G |
| Its little feet have trod | F |
| The pavement muddy and cold | J |
| It has no flowers to hold | J |
| And in its soul the flowers you set are dead | K |
| Thou fool God said | K |
E. (edith) Nesbit
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