These Little Ones Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDDEE FGFHHI BCBDDJ FHFKK L| 'What of the garden I gave ' | A |
| God said to me | B |
| 'Hast thou been diligent to foster and save | C |
| The life of flower and tree | B |
| How have the roses thriven | D |
| The lilies I have given | D |
| The pretty scented miracles that Spring | E |
| And Summer come to bring | E |
| - | |
| 'My garden is fair and dear ' | - |
| I said to God | F |
| 'From thorns and nettles I have kept it clear | G |
| Green trimmed its sod | F |
| The rose is red and bright | H |
| The lily a live delight | H |
| I have not lost a flower of all the flowers | I |
| That blessed my hours ' | - |
| - | |
| 'What of the child I gave ' | - |
| God said to me | B |
| 'The little little one I died to save | C |
| And gave in trust to thee | B |
| How have the flowers grown | D |
| That in its soul were sown | D |
| The lovely living miracles of youth | J |
| And hope and joy and truth ' | - |
| - | |
| 'The child's face is all white ' | - |
| I said to God | F |
| 'It cries for cold and hunger in the night | H |
| Its little feet have trod | F |
| The pavement muddy and cold | K |
| It has no flowers to hold | K |
| And in its soul the flowers you set are dead ' | - |
| 'Thou fool ' God said | L |
Edith Nesbit
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