Hope Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBACD BEEBFF GHHGII JKKJLL MNNMEE OPPOQQ| When man from pure perfection fell | A |
| And bathed his life in grief and woe | B |
| His angel heart had overthrow | B |
| From all the joys he loved so well | A |
| And only Hope of all the host | C |
| Remained to comfort him when lost | D |
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| And when the other passions throw | B |
| Their phantoms in the arms of death | E |
| And pour their last remaining breath | E |
| Within the dismal haunts of woe | B |
| Then Hope alone of all remains | F |
| To soothe our sorrows and our pains | F |
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| Hope makes the fearful millions brave | G |
| The helpless and the weary strong | H |
| Gives courage to the fainting throng | H |
| And whispers freedom to the slave | G |
| And unto each where'er he lives | I |
| Unceasing cause to struggle gives | I |
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| In heavy hours of ghostly gloom | J |
| When raging billows dash and beat | K |
| Around the weak and weary feet | K |
| Which tremble on the yawning tomb | J |
| The harp of Hope divinely sings | L |
| Exalted songs of better things | L |
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| It lifts the gaze of mortal eyes | M |
| Above the desert and the dearth | N |
| Above the barren fields of earth | N |
| Unto the promise of the skies | M |
| And to the last expiring breath | E |
| Gives comfort in the hour of death | E |
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| O sacred light of human life | O |
| Eternal star of Heaven's love | P |
| Thy brightness ever shines above | P |
| The darkest hours of woe and strife | O |
| To raise our souls above the sod | Q |
| Into the holy home of God | Q |
Freeman E. Miller
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