Be Our Fortunes As They May Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGFG HIHI ABAB| Be our fortunes as they may | A |
| Touched with loss or sorrow | B |
| Saddest eyes that weep to day | A |
| May be glad to morrow | B |
| - | |
| Yesterday the rain was here | C |
| And the winds were blowing | D |
| Sky and earth and atmosphere | E |
| Brimmed and overflowing | D |
| - | |
| But to day the sun is out | F |
| And the drear November | G |
| We were then so vexed about | F |
| Now we scarce remember | G |
| - | |
| Yesterday you lost a friend | H |
| Bless your heart and love it | I |
| For you scarce could comprehend | H |
| All the aching of it | I |
| - | |
| But I sing to you and say | A |
| Let the lost friend sorrow | B |
| Here's another come to day | A |
| Others may to morrow | B |
James Whitcomb Riley
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