Thou Dost Not Know Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DED FGFG EHEH IBJB KLKL MNMN OCOC PBPB QLQL| Thou dost not know it but to hear | A |
| One word of praise from thee | B |
| There is no pain I would not bear | C |
| No task too great for me | B |
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| My hands could tireless toil all day | D |
| My feet could tireless run | E |
| If at the close thy lips would say | D |
| 'Brave noble heart well done ' | - |
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| Thou dost not know it but to win | F |
| Approval from thine eyes | G |
| My soul has conquered many a sin | F |
| And conquering neared the skies | G |
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| And though the reward may not be given | E |
| In all my earthly days | H |
| I feel that after death in heaven | E |
| Thy lips will give me praise | H |
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| Thou dost not know may never know | I |
| That all I strive to be | B |
| All things praiseworthy that I do | J |
| I strive and do for thee | B |
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| And though I seldom see thy face | K |
| Or touch thy hand my friend | L |
| Those meetings are the means of grace | K |
| That help me to the end | L |
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| Thou dost not know that thy grand life | M |
| Has been my beacon light | N |
| I aim to conquer in the strife | M |
| That I may reach thy height | N |
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| I strive to live so that my feet | O |
| May walk the fields most fair | C |
| For the after life seems oh so sweet | O |
| Because thou wilt be there | C |
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| Thou dost not know how brave and strong | P |
| A woman's heart can be | B |
| But few could hide so well and long | P |
| What mine has hid from thee | B |
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| So well that should this idyl chance | Q |
| To meet thine eye my friend | L |
| Thou'd scan it with a careless glance | Q |
| Nor dream to whom 'twas penned | L |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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