Give Me A Single Day Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEDE FGFHIEIE JKJKLELE MNONPQPQ ERERDEDEGIVE me a single day I ask no more | A |
From dawn to dusk ah that is time enough | B |
To reach the goal that I am striving for | A |
There is no need of further putting off | C |
The little deeds of kindness I may do | D |
The little words of kindness I may say | E |
I need no distant morrow to be true | D |
Give me a single day | E |
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Give me a single day to live my life | F |
For that is time enough for smiles and tears | G |
I can as bravely bear my share of strife | F |
As though I were to live a thousand years | H |
I can be brave and patient and resigned | I |
Helpful and cheerful as I go my way | E |
I need no distant morrow to be kind | I |
Give me a single day | E |
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Give me a single day 't is all I ask | J |
And let me fill each minute with my best | K |
I can complete my little daily task | J |
And find contentment in my hour of rest | K |
I may not journey many many miles | L |
But I can view the roses where I stray | E |
I need no distant morrow for my smiles | L |
Give me a single day | E |
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I do not ask to be allowed to live | M |
Another year or twenty so that I | N |
When richer to the poor may proudly give | O |
Neglecting now the chance that is close by | N |
I would not spend today in seeking gold | P |
Saving tomorrow for the kindly deed | Q |
To prove that I am cheerful helpful bold | P |
Only a day I need | Q |
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Let me but live a rounded life today | E |
My virtues all in action as I stroll | R |
For further time I would not ask or pray | E |
Upon the future I 'd not risk my soul | R |
For in the time I have much I can do | D |
Fearless yet gentle in my simple way | E |
I need no distant morrow to be true | D |
Give me a single day | E |
Edgar Albert Guest
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