When Sorrow Comes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEEFF GGHHII DDJJKK AALLMM| When sorrow comes as come it must | A |
| In God a man must place his trust | A |
| There is no power in mortal speech | B |
| The anguish of his soul to reach | B |
| No voice however sweet and low | C |
| Can comfort him or ease the blow | C |
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| He cannot from his fellow men | D |
| Take strength that will sustain him then | D |
| With all that kindly hands will do | E |
| And all that love may offer too | E |
| He must believe throughout the test | F |
| That God has willed it for the best | F |
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| We who would be his friends are dumb | G |
| Words from our lips but feebly come | G |
| We feel as we extend our hands | H |
| That one Power only understands | H |
| And truly knows the reason why | I |
| So beautiful a soul must die | I |
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| We realize how helpless then | D |
| Are all the gifts of mortal men | D |
| No words which we have power to say | J |
| Can take the sting of grief away | J |
| That Power which marks the sparrow's fall | K |
| Must comfort and sustain us all | K |
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| When sorrow comes as come it must | A |
| In God a man must place his trust | A |
| With all the wealth which he may own | L |
| He cannot meet the test alone | L |
| And only he may stand serene | M |
| Who has a faith on which to lean | M |
Edgar Albert Guest
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