A Friend's Greeting Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCA DDEE AABB| DIAMONDS wouldn't tell yer all I really think of you | A |
| The costliest gift the goldsmith makes I'm sure would never do | A |
| There's nothing known that gold can buy that I could ever send | B |
| That could explain how glad I am to have yer fer a friend | B |
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| If I had all the wealth of earth and what I like could get | C |
| And I should send it on to you I'd still be in your debt | C |
| And still the heart o' me would cry 'That ain't enough t' do | A |
| Fer one whose smiles an' kindly words have meant so much t' you ' | - |
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| It's Christmas time an' here I am a wishin' all that's good | D |
| Fer you an' yours A patch o' blue above your neighborhood | D |
| The bloom o' health forever on the cheeks o' those you love | E |
| An' future years t' bring the joys that now you're dreamin' of | E |
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| 'God bless yer ' That expresses it in simple words an' true | A |
| It's what the heart o' me would say if it could speak t' you | A |
| May every day be Christmas Day until your journey's end | B |
| Is jus' the simple wish of one who's glad you call him friend | B |
Edgar Albert Guest
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