Give Me A Single Day Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEDE FGFHIEIE JKJKLELE MNONPQPQ ERERDEDE| GIVE 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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