On The Gift Of A Book To A Child Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGFG HIHI| Child do not throw this book about | A |
| Refrain from the unholy pleasure | B |
| Of cutting all the pictures out | A |
| Preserve it as your chiefest treasure | B |
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| Child have you never heard it said | C |
| That you are heir to all the ages | D |
| Why then your hands were never made | E |
| To tear these beautiful thick pages | D |
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| Your little hands were made to take | F |
| The better things and leave the worse ones | G |
| They also may be used to shake | F |
| The Massive Paws of Elder Persons | G |
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| And when your prayers complete the day | H |
| Darling your little tiny hands | I |
| Were also made I think to pray | H |
| For men that lose their fairylands | I |
Hilaire Belloc
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