The Cottager's Welcome Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IFIFAJAB| Hard by I've a cottage that stands near the wood | A |
| A stream glides in peace at the door | B |
| Where all who will tarry 'tis well understood | A |
| Receive hospitality's store | B |
| To cheer that the brook and the thicket afford | C |
| The stranger we ever invite | D |
| You're welcome to freely partake at the board | C |
| And afterwards rest for the night | D |
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| The birds in the morning will sing from the trees | E |
| And herald the young god of day | F |
| Then with him uprising depart if you please | E |
| We'll set you refreshed on the way | F |
| You're coin for our service we sternly reject | G |
| No traffic for gain we pursue | H |
| And all the reward that we wish or expect | G |
| We take in the good that we do | H |
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| Mankind are all pilgrims on life's weary road | I |
| And many would wander astray | F |
| In seeking Eternity's silent abode | I |
| Did Mercy not point out the way | F |
| If all would their duty discharge as they should | A |
| To those who are friendless and poor | J |
| The world would resemble my cot near the wood | A |
| And life the sweet stream at my door | B |
George Pope Morris
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