Let Me Lean Hard Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCD EEFFGHD IIFFJJD| Let me lean hard upon the Eternal Breast | A |
| In all earth's devious ways I sought for rest | A |
| And found it not I will be strong said I | B |
| And lean upon myself I will not cry | B |
| And importune all heaven with my complaint | C |
| But not my strength fails and I fall I faint | C |
| Let me lean hard | D |
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| Let me lean hard upon the unfailing Arm | E |
| I said I will walk on I fear no harm | E |
| The spark divine within my soul will show | F |
| The upward pathway where my feet should go | F |
| But now the heights to which I msot aspire | G |
| Are lost in clouds I stumble and I tire | H |
| Let me lean hard | D |
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| Let me lean harder yet That swerveless force | I |
| Which speeds the solar systems on their course | I |
| Can take unfelt the burden of my woe | F |
| Which bears me to the dust and hurts me so | F |
| I thought my strength enough for any fate | J |
| But lo I sink beneath my sorrow's weight | J |
| Let me lean hard | D |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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