The Joys We Miss Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF GHII JJKK| There never comes a lonely day but that we miss the laughing ways | A |
| Of those who used to walk with us through all our happy yesterdays | A |
| We seldom miss the earthly great the famous men that life has known | B |
| But as the years go racing by we miss the friends we used to own | B |
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| The chair wherein he used to sit recalls the kindly father true | C |
| For Oh so filled with fun he was and Oh so very much he knew | C |
| And as we face the problems grave with which the years of life are filled | D |
| We miss the hand which guided us and miss the voice forever stilled | D |
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| We little guessed how much he did to smooth our pathway day by day | E |
| How much of joy he brought to us how much of care he brushed away | E |
| But now that we must tread alone the thorough fare of life we find | F |
| How many burdens we were spared by him who was so brave and kind | F |
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| Death robs the living not the dead they sweetly sleep whose tasks are done | G |
| But we are weaker than before who still must live and labor on | H |
| For when come care and grief to us and heavy burdens bring us woe | I |
| We miss the smiling helpful friends on whom we leaned long years ago | I |
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| We miss the happy tender ways of those who brought us mirth and cheer | J |
| We never gather round the hearth but that we wish our friends were near | J |
| For peace is born of simple things a kindly word a goodnight kiss | K |
| The prattle of a babe and love these are the vanished joys we miss | K |
Edgar Albert Guest
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