By-and-by Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCAA ADEFAA ABGGAA ADHHAAAA| By and by the maiden sighed by and by | A |
| He will claim me for his bride | B |
| Hope is strong and time is fleet | C |
| Youth is fair and love is sweet | C |
| Clouds will pass that fleck my sky | A |
| He will come back by and by by and by | A |
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| By and by the soldier said by and by | A |
| After I have fought and bled | D |
| I shall go home from the wars | E |
| Crowned with glory seamed with scars | F |
| Joy will flash from some one's eye | A |
| When she greets me by and by by and by | A |
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| By and by the mother cried by and by | A |
| Strong and sturdy at my side | B |
| Like a staff supporting me | G |
| Will my bonnie baby be | G |
| Break my rest then wail and cry | A |
| Thou'lt repay me by and by by and by | A |
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| Fleeting years of time have sped hurried by | A |
| Still the maiden is unwed | D |
| All unknown the soldier lies | H |
| Buried under alien skies | H |
| And the son with blood shot eye | A |
| Saw his mother starve and die | A |
| God in Heaven dost Thou on high | A |
| Keep the promised by and by by and by | A |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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