Against Quarreling And Fighting Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEFE GHGH ICJC KLKLLet dogs delight to bark and bite | A |
For God hath made them so | B |
Let bears and lions growl and fight | A |
For 'tis their nature too | C |
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But children you should never let | D |
Such angry passions rise | E |
Your little hands were never made | F |
To tear each other's eyes | E |
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Let love through all your actions run | G |
And all your words be mild | H |
Live like the blessed Virgin's Son | G |
That sweet and lovely child | H |
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His soul was gentle as a lamb | I |
And as his stature grew | C |
He grew in favor both with man | J |
And God his Father too | C |
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Now Lord of all he reigns above | K |
And from his heavenly throne | L |
He sees what children dwell in love | K |
And marks them for his own | L |
Isaac Watts
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