Thoughts Of A Father Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH IIJJ| We've never seen the Father here but we have known the Son | A |
| The finest type of manhood since the world was first begun | A |
| And summing up the works of God I write with reverent pen | B |
| The greatest is the Son He sent to cheer the lives of men | B |
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| Through Him we learned the ways of God and found the Father's love | C |
| The Son it was who won us back to Him who reigns above | C |
| The Lord did not come down himself to prove to men His worth | D |
| He sought our worship through the Child He placed upon the earth | D |
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| How can I best express my life Wherein does greatness lie | E |
| How can I long remembrance win since I am born to die | E |
| Both fame and gold are selfish things their charms may quickly flee | F |
| But I'm the father of a boy who came to speak for me | F |
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| In him lies all I hope to be his splendor shall be mine | G |
| I shall have done man's greatest work if only he is fine | G |
| If some day he shall help the world long after I am dead | H |
| In all that men shall say of him my praises shall be said | H |
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| It matters not what I may win of fleeting gold or fame | I |
| My hope of joy depends alone on what my boy shall claim | I |
| My story must be told through him for him I work and plan | J |
| Man's greatest duty is to be the father of a man | J |
Edgar Albert Guest
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