The Brethren Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC CCDDEE FFGGBB HHIIAA| The world is needing you and me | A |
| In places where we ought to be | A |
| Somewhere today it's needing you | B |
| To stand for what you know is true | B |
| And needing me somewhere today | C |
| To keep the faith let come what may | C |
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| The world needs honest men today | C |
| To lead its youth along the way | C |
| Men who will write in all their deeds | D |
| The beauty of their spoken creeds | D |
| And spurn advantage here and gain | E |
| On which deceit must leave its stain | E |
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| The world needs men who will not brag | F |
| Men who will honor Freedom's Flag | F |
| Men who although the way is hard | G |
| Against the lure of shame will guard | G |
| The world needs gentle men and true | B |
| And calls aloud to me and you | B |
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| The world needs men of lofty aim | H |
| Not merely men of skill and fame | H |
| Not merely leaders wise and grave | I |
| Or learned men or soldiers brave | I |
| But men whose lives are fair to see | A |
| Such men as you and I can be | A |
Edgar Albert Guest
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