The Failing Track Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL| Where went the feet that hitherto have come | A |
| Here yawns no gulf to quench the flowing past | B |
| With lengthening pauses broke the path grows dumb | A |
| The grass floats in the gazer stands aghast | B |
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| Tremble not maiden though the footprints die | C |
| By no air path ascend the lark's clear notes | D |
| The mighty throated when he mounts the sky | C |
| Over some lowly landmark sings and floats | D |
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| Be of good cheer Paths vanish from the wave | E |
| There all the ships tear each its track of gray | F |
| Undaunted they the wandering desert brave | E |
| In each a magic finger points the way | F |
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| No finger finely touched no eye of lark | G |
| Hast thou to guide thy steps where footprints fail | H |
| Ah then 'twere well to turn before the dark | G |
| Nor dream to find thy dreams in yonder vale | H |
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| The backward way one hour is plain to thee | I |
| Hard hap were hers who saw no trace behind | J |
| Back to confession at thy mother's knee | I |
| Back to the question and the childlike mind | J |
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| Then start afresh but toward unending end | K |
| The goal o'er which hangs thy own star all night | L |
| So shalt thou need no footprints to befriend | K |
| Child heart and shining star will guide thee right | L |
George Macdonald
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