A Father's Prayer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFF FGFGHH EIEIFF EAEAJJ| Lord make me tolerant and wise | A |
| Incline my ears to hear him through | B |
| Let him not stand with downcast eyes | A |
| Fearing to trust me and be true | B |
| Instruct me so that I may know | C |
| The way my son and I should go | C |
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| When he shall err as once did I | D |
| Or boyhood folly bids him stray | E |
| Let me not into anger fly | D |
| And drive the good in him away | E |
| Teach me to win his trust that he | F |
| Shall keep no secret hid from me | F |
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| Lord strengthen me that I may be | F |
| A fit example for my son | G |
| Grant he may never hear or see | F |
| A shameful deed that I have done | G |
| However sorely I am tried | H |
| Let me not undermine his pride | H |
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| In spite of years and temples gray | E |
| Still let my spirit beat with joy | I |
| Teach me to share in all his play | E |
| And be a comrade with my boy | I |
| Wherever we may chance to be | F |
| Let him find happiness with me | F |
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| Lord as his father now I pray | E |
| For manhood's strength and counsel wise | A |
| Let me deal justly day by day | E |
| In all that fatherhood implies | A |
| To be his father keep me fit | J |
| Let me not play the hypocrite | J |
Edgar Albert Guest
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