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 moreA
From dawn to dusk ah that is time enoughB
To reach the goal that I am striving forA
There is no need of further putting offC
The little deeds of kindness I may doD
The little words of kindness I may sayE
I need no distant morrow to be trueD
Give me a single dayE
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Give me a single day to live my lifeF
For that is time enough for smiles and tearsG
I can as bravely bear my share of strifeF
As though I were to live a thousand yearsH
I can be brave and patient and resignedI
Helpful and cheerful as I go my wayE
I need no distant morrow to be kindI
Give me a single dayE
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Give me a single day 't is all I askJ
And let me fill each minute with my bestK
I can complete my little daily taskJ
And find contentment in my hour of restK
I may not journey many many milesL
But I can view the roses where I strayE
I need no distant morrow for my smilesL
Give me a single dayE
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I do not ask to be allowed to liveM
Another year or twenty so that IN
When richer to the poor may proudly giveO
Neglecting now the chance that is close byN
I would not spend today in seeking goldP
Saving tomorrow for the kindly deedQ
To prove that I am cheerful helpful boldP
Only a day I needQ
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Let me but live a rounded life todayE
My virtues all in action as I strollR
For further time I would not ask or prayE
Upon the future I 'd not risk my soulR
For in the time I have much I can doD
Fearless yet gentle in my simple wayE
I need no distant morrow to be trueD
Give me a single dayE

Edgar Albert Guest



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