Thanksgiving Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BACA DEFE BGBG HIJI GKLK MNON NGNP QRHC HSTS TUVU| Nov during the great financial depression | A |
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| Father our thanks are due to thee | B |
| For many a blessing given | A |
| By thy paternal love and care | C |
| From the bounty horn of heaven | A |
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| We know that still that horn is filled | D |
| With blessings for our race | E |
| And we calmly look thro' winter's storm | F |
| To thy benignant face | E |
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| Father we raise our thanks to Thee | B |
| Who seldom thanked before | G |
| And seldom bent the stubborn knee | B |
| Thy goodness to adore | G |
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| But Father thou hast blessings poured | H |
| On all our wayward days | I |
| And now thy mercies manifold | J |
| Have filled our hearts with praise | I |
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| The winter storm may rack and roar | G |
| We do not fear its blast | K |
| And we'll bear with faith and fortitude | L |
| The lot that thou hast cast | K |
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| But Father Father O look down | M |
| On the poor and homeless head | N |
| And feed the hungry thousands | O |
| That cry to thee for bread | N |
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| Thou givest us our daily bread | N |
| We would not ask for more | G |
| But Father give their daily bread | N |
| To the multitudes of poor | P |
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| In all the cities of the land | Q |
| The naked and hungry are | R |
| O feed them with thy manna Lord | H |
| And clothe them with thy care | C |
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| Thou dost not give a serpent Lord | H |
| We will not give a stone | S |
| For the bread and meat thou givest us | T |
| Are not for us alone | S |
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| And while a loaf is given to us | T |
| From thy all bounteous horn | U |
| We'll cheerfully divide that loaf | V |
| With the hungry and forlorn | U |
Hanford Lennox Gordon
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