A Plea Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDD EFEFGG HIHIJJ| GOD grant me these the strength to do | A |
| Some needed service here | B |
| The wisdom to be brave and true | A |
| The gift of vision clear | C |
| That in each task that comes to me | D |
| Some purpose I may plainly see | D |
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| God teach me to believe that I | E |
| Am stationed at a post | F |
| Although the humblest 'neath the sky | E |
| Where I am needed most | F |
| And that at last if I do well | G |
| My humble services will tell | G |
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| God grant me faith to stand on guard | H |
| Uncheered unspoke alone | I |
| And see behind such duty hard | H |
| My service to the throne | I |
| Whate'er my task this be my creed | J |
| I am on earth to fill a need | J |
Edgar Albert Guest
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