Safe Conduct Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCC EFEF GHGH IAJA| There isn't any danger in the kindly things you say | A |
| There isn't any sorrow in the fine and manly deed | B |
| No deep regret awaits you at the ending of the day | A |
| There's always joy in knowing that you've played the friend in need | B |
| - | |
| There isn't any anguish in the cheerful words you speak | C |
| The happy salutation never leaves a bitter sting | D |
| No man has met dishonor being gentle with the weak | C |
| And unselfishness has never caused an hour of sorrowing | C |
| - | |
| It's the petty little failures which disturb us most at night | E |
| The little acts of meanness and the trivial things we do | F |
| The conscience never troubles us when we have done what's right | E |
| It's when we've failed to be our best that shame begins to brew | F |
| - | |
| Oh most of us are honest in the larger fields of life | G |
| And most of us are brave enough in times of stress and woe | H |
| And most of us are fine enough in days of cruel strife | G |
| But it is in the little things the worst begins to show | H |
| - | |
| The danger of our peace of mind lies in our selfishness | I |
| In cruel little bits of speech which thoughtlessly we say | A |
| In pressing on so eager to achieve our own success | J |
| That we neglect the kindly folks we pass along the way | A |
Edgar Albert Guest
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
Write your comment about Safe Conduct poem by Edgar Albert Guest
Best Poems of Edgar Albert Guest