To A Sister Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FGFH IJIJ KLML NONOA fresh young voice that sings to me | A |
So often many a simple thing | B |
Should surely not unanswered be | A |
By all that I can sing | B |
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Dear voice be happy every way | C |
A thousand changing tones among | D |
From little child's unfinished lay | C |
To angel's perfect song | E |
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In dewy woods fair soft and green | F |
Like morning woods are childhood's bower | G |
Be like the voice of brook unseen | F |
Among the stones and flowers | H |
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A joyful voice though born so low | I |
And making all its neighbours glad | J |
Sweet hidden constant in its flow | I |
Even when the winds are sad | J |
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So strengthen in a peaceful home | K |
And daily deeper meanings bear | L |
And when life's wildernesses come | M |
Be brave and faithful there | L |
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Try all the glorious magic range | N |
Worship forgive console rejoice | O |
Until the last and sweetest change | N |
So live and grow dear voice | O |
George Macdonald
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