Samuel Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKLK MNON PMQM RASA| In Bible times so long ago | A |
| And in a far off city too | B |
| A mother watched her only child | C |
| As he in strength and beauty grew | B |
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| And when his little tottering feet | D |
| Had scarcely learned to go alone | E |
| Before his baby voice could speak | F |
| Her name with a sweet joyous tone | E |
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| She took her boy and travelled on | G |
| Away from home for many a mile | H |
| That with a good and holy man | I |
| Her darling son might live a while | H |
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| That he might learn about the God | J |
| Who made the earth and sea and sky | K |
| And then she left him there and turned | L |
| Back to her home with many a sigh | K |
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| She could not place him on her knee | M |
| And tell him he was very dear | N |
| And so she made a little coat | O |
| And brought it to him every year | N |
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| But you my little girl can learn | P |
| While you are sitting close by me | M |
| Of heaven and that kind God above | Q |
| Who made in love each thing we see | M |
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| And you should thank Him every day | R |
| That you can here His goodness know | A |
| And from your pleasant happy home | S |
| And your dear parents need not go | A |
H. P. Nichols
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