Why, When Our Sun Shines Clearest Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCDDDE FFFGHHHG FFFIJJJI| Why when our sun shines clearest | A |
| Why when our hopes seen nearest | B |
| Why when our life feels dearest | B |
| Rises a secret pain | C |
| Hope's perfect mirror broken | D |
| Shadows of things unspoken | D |
| Why will not some sure token | D |
| Calm us to rest again | E |
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| Mixed with all earthly blessing | F |
| Lingers the fear distressing | F |
| Conscience within confessing | F |
| Nothing of ours is pure | G |
| Still must such thoughts upbraid us | H |
| Seeking our own to aid us | H |
| God not ourselves hath made us | H |
| Trusting in Him we re sure | G |
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| Thus from our sorrows gleaning | F |
| Thoughts of the world s deep meaning | F |
| Let us rejoice while leaning | F |
| Firm on our Father s arm | I |
| Now are we one for ever | J |
| Joined so that none may sever | J |
| Souls so united never | J |
| Faint through mischance or harm | I |
James Clerk Maxwell
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