A Boy's Grief Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED BABA FGFG HIJI KLKL MNMN OLOL PMPM LLLL QRQR STST| Ah me in ages far away | A |
| The good the heavenly land | B |
| Though unbeheld quite near them lay | A |
| And men could understand | B |
| - | |
| The dead yet find it who when here | C |
| Did love it more than this | D |
| They enter in are filled with cheer | E |
| And pain expires in bliss | D |
| - | |
| Oh fairly shines the blessed land | B |
| Ah God I weep and pray | A |
| The heart thou holdest in thy hand | B |
| Loves more this sunny day | A |
| - | |
| I see the hundred thousand wait | F |
| Around the radiant throne | G |
| To me it is a dreary state | F |
| A crowd of beings lone | G |
| - | |
| I do not care for singing psalms | H |
| I tire of good men's talk | I |
| To me there is no joy in palms | J |
| Or white robed solemn walk | I |
| - | |
| I love to hear the wild winds meet | K |
| The wild old winds at night | L |
| To watch the starlight throb and beat | K |
| To wait the thunder light | L |
| - | |
| I love all tales of valiant men | M |
| Of women good and fair | N |
| If I were rich and strong ah then | M |
| I would do something rare | N |
| - | |
| I see thy temple in the skies | O |
| On pillars strong and white | L |
| I cannot love it though I rise | O |
| And try with all my might | L |
| - | |
| Sometimes a joy lays hold on me | P |
| And I am speechless then | M |
| Almost a martyr I could be | P |
| And join the holy men | M |
| - | |
| But soon my heart is like a clod | L |
| My spirit wrapt in doubt | L |
| A pillar in the house of God | L |
| And never more go out | L |
| - | |
| No more the sunny breezy morn | Q |
| No more the speechless moon | R |
| No more the ancient hills forlorn | Q |
| A vision and a boon | R |
| - | |
| Ah God my love will never burn | S |
| Nor shall I taste thy joy | T |
| And Jesus' face is calm and stern | S |
| I am a hapless boy | T |
George Macdonald
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
Write your comment about A Boy's Grief poem by George Macdonald
Best Poems of George Macdonald