Church Building Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKCK LMNM OPFP LQF| Uncle Jacob often told us | A |
| Since freedom blessed our race | B |
| We ought all to come together | C |
| And build a meeting place | B |
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| So we pinched and scraped and spared | D |
| A little here and there | E |
| Though our wages was but scanty | F |
| The church did get a share | E |
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| And when the house was finished | G |
| Uncle Jacob came to pray | H |
| He was looking mighty feeble | I |
| And his head was awful gray | H |
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| But his voice rang like a trumpet | J |
| His eyes looked bright and young | K |
| And it seemed a mighty power | C |
| Was resting on his tongue | K |
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| And he gave us all his blessing | L |
| 'Twas parting words he said | M |
| For soon we got the message | N |
| The dear old man was dead | M |
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| But I believe he's in the kingdom | O |
| For when we shook his hand | P |
| He said 'Children you must meet me | F |
| Right in the promised land | P |
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| 'For when I done a moiling | L |
| And toiling here below | Q |
| Through the gate into the city | F |
| Straightway I hope to go ' | - |
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
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