Life And Hereafter Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDCD EFEFGHGI JKGKDLDL MNMNODOD B BLPLP| over there at Heaven's gate | A |
| Is all the joy that I shall know | B |
| Not for the joys to be am I | C |
| Seeking the better truer way | D |
| All pleasure's not beyond the sky | C |
| For I have my reward each day | D |
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| I hope for Heaven and all it means | E |
| And hope to hear the Master tell | F |
| When I have quit these earthly scenes | E |
| That I have truly toiled and well | F |
| But not alone for that I strive | G |
| To keep my soul unspotted here | H |
| Honor has joys for all alive | G |
| That are as infinitely dear | I |
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| What can the great hereafter give | J |
| More precious than my children's love | K |
| When I on earth shall cease to live | G |
| And go to join the realms above | K |
| Were there no future then I say | D |
| I still should strive to faithful be | L |
| That they would run at close of day | D |
| With loving arms to welcome me | L |
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| A baby's kiss a faithful wife | M |
| And friends who trust are not these all | N |
| Rewards that honor earns in life | M |
| Although your hoard of gold be small | N |
| And though there were no future would | O |
| You still not journey on your way | D |
| Striving as ever to be good | O |
| Just for the joys you know today | D |
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| And so I say not ' over there ' | - |
| Do I sit sighing ' I shall know | B |
| The perfect bliss with ne'er a care ' | - |
| The perfect bliss is here below | B |
| Nor do I dream of joys to be | L |
| And wail the cares that now are mine | P |
| Earth's glories now appeal to me | L |
| And this life is almost divine | P |
Edgar Albert Guest
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