The House-mother Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BCDCDCBEE FFGHHHFCCIIGG| Across the town the evening bell is ringing | A |
| Clear comes the call through kitchen windows winging | A |
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| Lord knowing Thou art kind | B |
| I heed Thy call to prayer | C |
| I have a soul to save | D |
| A heart which needs I think a double share | C |
| Of sweetnesses which noble ladies crave | D |
| Hope faith and diligence and patient care | C |
| With meekness grace and lowliness of mind | B |
| Lord wilt Thou grant all these | E |
| To one who prays but cannot sit at ease | E |
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| They do not know | F |
| The passers by who go | F |
| Up to Thy house with saintly faces set | G |
| Who throng about Thy seat | H |
| And sing Thy praises sweet | H |
| Till vials full of odours cloud Thy feet | H |
| They do not know | F |
| And if they knew then would they greatly care | C |
| That Thy tired handmaid washed the children's hair | C |
| Or with red roughened hands scoured dishes well | I |
| While through the window called the evening bell | I |
| And that her seeking soul looks upward yet | G |
| THEY do not know but THOU wilt not forget | G |
Fay Inchfawn
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