Lean Down Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCD EEFFDD GGHHDD AAIIDD JJKKCDD| Lean down and lift me higher Josephine | A |
| From the Eternal Hills hast thou not seen | A |
| How I do strive for heights but lacking wings | B |
| I cannot grasp at once those better things | B |
| To which I in my inmost soul aspire | C |
| Lean down and lift me higher | D |
| - | |
| I grope along not desolate or sad | E |
| For youth and hope and health all keep me glad | E |
| But too bright sunlight sometimes makes us blind | F |
| And I do grope for heights I cannot find | F |
| Oh thou must know my one supreme desire | D |
| Lean down and lift me higher | D |
| - | |
| Not long ago we trod the self same way | G |
| Thou knowest how from day to fleeting day | G |
| Our souls were vexed with trifles and our feet | H |
| Were lured aside to by paths which seemed sweet | H |
| But only served to hinder and to tire | D |
| Lean down and lift me higher | D |
| - | |
| Thou hast gone onward to the heights serene | A |
| And left me here my loved one Josephine | A |
| I am content to stay until the end | I |
| For life is full of promise but my friend | I |
| Canst thou not help me in my best desire | D |
| And lean and lift me higher | D |
| - | |
| Frail as thou wert thou hast grown strong and wise | J |
| And quick to understand and sympathize | J |
| With all a full soul's needs It must be so | K |
| Thy year with God hath made thee great I know | K |
| Thou must see how I struggle and aspire | C |
| Oh warm me with a breath of heavenly fire | D |
| And lean and lift me higher | D |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
Write your comment about Lean Down poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Best Poems of Ella Wheeler Wilcox