The Skylark's Message Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBD EFEGB HBHIJ IKLCL MNONP QHQRB JB| SWEET little upturned faces | A |
| Poor little hands and feet | B |
| Little eyes that are careworn and anxious | C |
| From hunger and want in the street | B |
| Hear ye that skylark singing | D |
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| Like an angel far away | E |
| 'Tis bringing to you a message | F |
| From the Golden Gates of day | E |
| Ah little know ye of the meadows | G |
| Poor little blistered feet | B |
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| Down in the smoke of the city | H |
| Down in the noise of the street | B |
| But it sings of a better country | H |
| Where tired little hearts can rest | I |
| Of a sun that shines for ever | J |
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| And the love of a Father's breast | I |
| O poor little weary spirits | K |
| I would that ye knew its song | L |
| For the world is very heartless | C |
| And your journey may be long | L |
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| And ye need such heavenly music | M |
| To cheer you in the night | N |
| Little hearts that are now so noble | O |
| Little souls that are now so white | N |
| I would that ye heard it always | P |
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| That sweet bird's voice within | Q |
| When the heart is sad and lonely | H |
| In the long long struggle with sin | Q |
| Till a rest comes out of the sunset | R |
| For the labouring hands and feet | B |
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| And a silence has fallen for ever | J |
| On the noise and the dust of the street | B |
Frederick George Scott
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