Thy Will Be Done Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAAB CDCCD EFEEF GEGGE HIHHI JKJJK LMLLM NJNNJ| Sometimes the silver cord of life | A |
| Is loosed at one brief stroke | B |
| As when the elements at strife | A |
| With Nature's wild contentions rife | A |
| Uproot the sturdy oak | B |
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| Or fell disease in patience borne | C |
| Attenuates the frame | D |
| Till the meek sufferer wan and worn | C |
| Of energy and beauty shorn | C |
| Death's sweet release would claim | D |
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| By instant touch or long decay | E |
| Is dissolution wrought | F |
| When lost to earth the grave and gay | E |
| The young and old who pass away | E |
| Abide in hallowed thought | F |
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| In dear regard together drawn | G |
| Affection's debt to pay | E |
| Fond greetings we exchange at dawn | G |
| With one who ere the day be gone | G |
| Is bruised and lifeless clay | E |
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| O thou in manhood's morning time | H |
| With health and hope elate | I |
| For whom in youth's enchanting prime | H |
| The bells of promise seemed to chime | H |
| We mourn thy early fate | I |
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| To us how sudden yet to thee | J |
| Perchance God kindly gave | K |
| Some warning ere the fatal key | J |
| Unlocked the door of mystery | J |
| That lies beyond the grave | K |
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| Then let us hope that one who found | L |
| Such favor trust and love | M |
| And cordial praise from all around | L |
| For rare fidelity renowned | L |
| Found favor too above | M |
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| So all is well though swift or slow | N |
| God's will be done and we | J |
| Draw near to him for close and low | N |
| Beneath his chastening hand the blow | N |
| Will fall less heavily | J |
Hattie Howard
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