The Salt Of The Earth Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDD EEFFGG HHEEII JJHHHH GGHHCC FFHHKK JJLLMM NNOOII| The salt of the earth what a meaningful phrase | A |
| From the lips of the Saviour and one that conveys | A |
| A sense of the need of a substance saline | B |
| This pestilent sphere to refresh and refine | C |
| And a healthful and happy condition secure | D |
| By making it pure as the ocean is pure | D |
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| In all the nomenclature known to the race | E |
| In all appellations of people or place | E |
| Was ever a name so befitting so true | F |
| Of those who are seeking the wrong to undo | F |
| With naught of the Pharisee's arrogant air | G |
| Their badge of discipleship humbly who wear | G |
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| Do beings forsooth fashioned out of the mold | H |
| So secretly strangely those elements hold | H |
| That may be developed in goodness and grace | E |
| To shine in demeanor in form and in face | E |
| Till they by renewal of heavenly birth | I |
| Shall merit their title the salt of the earth | I |
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| To the landsman at home or the sailor at sea | J |
| With nausea scurvy or canker maybe | J |
| 'Tis never in language to overexalt | H |
| The potent preservative virtue of salt | H |
| A crystal commodity wholesome and good | H |
| A cure for disease and a savor for food | H |
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| Ah the beasts of the wood and the fowls of the air | G |
| Know all of the need of this condiment rare | G |
| Know well where the springs and the salt licks abound | H |
| Where streams salinaceous flow out of the ground | H |
| And their cravings appease by sipping the brine | C |
| With more than the relish of topers at wine | C |
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| Our wants may be legion our needs are but few | F |
| And every known ill hath its remedy true | F |
| 'Tis ours to discover and give to mankind | H |
| Of hidden essentials the best that we find | H |
| 'Tis ours to eradicate error and sin | K |
| And help to make better the place we are in | K |
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| If ever this world from corruption is free | J |
| And righteousness reign in the kingdom to be | J |
| Like salt in its simple and soluble way | L |
| Infusing malodor preventing decay | L |
| So human endeavor in action sublime | M |
| Must never relax till the finale of time | M |
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| To thousands discouraged this comforting truth | N |
| Appeals like the promise of infinite youth | N |
| To know as they labor like bees in the hive | O |
| Yet do little more than keep goodness alive | O |
| To know that the Master accredits their worth | I |
| As blessed disciples the salt of the earth | I |
Hattie Howard
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