Translations. - Three Pairs And One. (from Genestet.) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB ABDB AEBE| You have two ears and but one mouth | A |
| Let this friend be a token | B |
| Much should be heard and not so much | C |
| Be spoken | B |
| - | |
| You have two eyes and but one mouth | A |
| That is an indication | B |
| Much must you see but little serves | D |
| Relation | B |
| - | |
| You have two hands and but one mouth | A |
| Receive the hint you meet with | E |
| For labour two but only one | B |
| To eat with | E |
George Macdonald
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