To The Humble Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD AEAEABAB AFAFAGAG HIHJAKAK LDLDHBHB| If all the flowers were roses | A |
| If never daisies grew | B |
| If no old fashioned posies | A |
| Drank in the morning dew | B |
| Then man might have some reason | C |
| To whimper and complain | D |
| And speak these words of treason | C |
| That all our toil is vain | D |
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| If all the stars were Saturns | A |
| That twinkle in the night | E |
| Of equal size and patterns | A |
| And equally as bright | E |
| Then men in humble places | A |
| With humble work to do | B |
| With frowns upon their faces | A |
| Might trudge their journey through | B |
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| But humble stars and posies | A |
| Still do their best although | F |
| They're planets not nor roses | A |
| To cheer the world below | F |
| And those old fashioned daisies | A |
| Delight the soul of man | G |
| They're here and this their praise is | A |
| They work the Master's plan | G |
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| Though humble be your labor | H |
| And modest be your sphere | I |
| Come envy not your neighbor | H |
| Whose light shines brighter here | J |
| Does God forget the daisies | A |
| Because the roses bloom | K |
| Shall you not win His praises | A |
| By toiling at your loom | K |
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| Have you the toiler humble | L |
| Just reason to complain | D |
| To shirk your task and grumble | L |
| And think that it is vain | D |
| Because you see a brother | H |
| With greater work to do | B |
| No fame of his can smother | H |
| The merit that's in you | B |
Edgar Albert Guest
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