Ike Walton's Prayer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABCCDCEDCFFCEE EEGGEEAAAHHGGEGECECI AIA AAGHGGHAHAJJAAKLKLHH

I crave dear LordA
No boundless hoardA
Of gold and gearB
Nor jewels fineC
Nor lands nor kineC
Nor treasure heaps of anythingD
Let but a little hut be mineC
Where at the hearthstore I may hearE
The cricket singD
And have the shineC
Of one glad woman's eyes to makeF
For my poor sakeF
Our simple home a place divineC
Just the wee cot the cricket's chirrE
Love and the smiling face of herE
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I pray not forE
Great riches norE
For vast estates and castle hallsG
Give me to hear the bare footfallsG
Of children o erE
An oaken floorE
New risen with sunshine or bespreadA
With but the tiny coverletA
And pillow for the baby s headA
And pray Thou mayH
The door stand open and the dayH
Send ever in a gentle breezeG
With fragrance from the locust treesG
And drowsy moan of doves and blurE
Of robin chirps and drove of beesG
With afterhushes of the stirE
Of intermingling sounds and thenC
The good wife and the smile of herE
Filling the silences againC
The cricket s callI
And the wee cotA
Dear Lord of allI
Deny me notA
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I pray not thatA
Men tremble atA
My power of placeG
And lordly swayH
I only pray for simple graceG
To look my neighbor in the faceG
Full honestly from day to dayH
Yield me this horny palm to holdA
And I ll not prayH
For goldA
The tanned face garlanded with mirthJ
It hath the kingliest smile on earthJ
The swart brow diamonded with sweatA
Hath never need of coronetA
And so I reachK
Dear Lord to TheeL
And do beseechK
Thou givest meL
The wee cot and the cricket s chirrH
Love and the glad sweet face of herH

James Whitcomb Riley



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