Mother's Treasures Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGHG FIHI JKLM NOPO LDQD RSTS| Two little children sit by my side | A |
| I call them Lily and Daffodil | B |
| I gaze on them with a mother's pride | A |
| One is Edna the other is Will | B |
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| Both have eyes of starry light | C |
| And laughing lips o'er teeth of pearl | D |
| I would not change for a diadem | E |
| My noble boy and darling girl | D |
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| To night my heart o'erflows with joy | F |
| I hold them as a sacred trust | G |
| I fain would hide them in my heart | H |
| Safe from tarnish of moth and rust | G |
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| What should I ask for my dear boy | F |
| The richest gifts of wealth or fame | I |
| What for my girl A loving heart | H |
| And a fair and a spotless name | I |
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| What for my boy That he should stand | J |
| A pillar of strength to the state | K |
| What for my girl That she should be | L |
| The friend of the poor and desolate | M |
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| I do not ask they shall never tread | N |
| With weary feet the paths of pain | O |
| I ask that in the darkest hour | P |
| They may faithful and true remain | O |
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| I only ask their lives may be | L |
| Pure as gems in the gates of pearl | D |
| Lives to brighten and bless the world | Q |
| This I ask for my boy and girl | D |
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| I ask to clasp their hands again | R |
| 'Mid the holy hosts of heaven | S |
| Enraptured say I am here oh God | T |
| And the children Thou hast given | S |
Frances E. W. Harper
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