I Am Running Forth To Meet You Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDABC AEFDAEF GHIDGHI AJKD JK ALMDALM| I am running forth to meet you O my Master | A |
| For they tell me you are surely on the way | B |
| Yes they tell me you are coming back again | C |
| While I run while I run | D |
| And I wish my feet were winged to speed on faster | A |
| And I wish I might behold you here to day | B |
| Lord of men | C |
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| I am running yet I walk beside my neighbour | A |
| And I take the duties given me to do | E |
| Yes I take the daily duties as they fall | F |
| While I run while I run | D |
| And my heart runs to my hand and helps the labour | A |
| For I think this is the way that leads to you | E |
| Lord of all | F |
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| I am running yet I turn from toil and duty | G |
| Oftentimes to just the art of being glad | H |
| Yes to just the joys that make the earth world bright | I |
| While I run while I run | D |
| For the soul that worships God must worship beauty | G |
| And the heart that thinks of You can not be sad | H |
| Lord of light | I |
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| I am running yet I pause to greet my brother | A |
| And I lean to rid my garden of its weed | J |
| Yes I lean although I lift my thoughts above | K |
| While I run while I run | D |
| And I think of that command 'Love one another ' | - |
| As I hear discordant sounds of creed with creed | J |
| Lord of Love | K |
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| I am running and the road is lit with splendour | A |
| And it brightens and shines fairer with each span | L |
| Yes it brightens like the highway in a dream | M |
| While I run while I run | D |
| And my heart to all the world grows very tender | A |
| For I seem to see the Christ in every man | L |
| Lord supreme | M |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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