Consolation Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB C DD EEFF GGHH| SO YOU 'RE sobbin' in the night time an' you 're sighin' through the day | A |
| An' your heart is ever callin' for the loved one gone away | A |
| An' you're lonely oh so lonely an' there's nothin' friends can do | B |
| That will start the old light shinin' in those tender eyes of blue | B |
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| I 'm not goin' to try to tell you that you shouldn't sit an' sigh | C |
| An' I 'm not the one to whisper 'You'll feel better by an' by ' | - |
| But joy isn't everlastin till this earthly life is done | D |
| If it was no cloud would ever hide the shinin' mornin' sun | D |
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| We must sip of joy an' sorrow we must weep an' laugh in turn | E |
| We must win love but to lose it an' our hearts with grief must burn | E |
| For the lasting joys are Heaven's we can't hope to find them here | F |
| Every one who loves must some day weep beside a loved one's bier | F |
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| To have known love an' deserved it is our highest point of bliss | G |
| There 's no happiness for mortals that can greater be than this | G |
| An' though Death conies in an' robs us of our priceless jewels we | H |
| Who have loved an' lost know something of the joys that are to be | H |
Edgar Albert Guest
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