The Old-fashioned Bible Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAACACACCA ADAEFAFACCA GFGFGAGACCA| How dear to my heart are the scenes of my childhood | A |
| That now but in mem'ry I sadly review | B |
| The old meeting house at the edge of the wildwood | A |
| The rail fence and horses all tethered thereto | A |
| The low sloping roof and the bell in the steeple | C |
| The doves that came fluttering out overhead | A |
| As it solemnly gathered the God fearing people | C |
| To hear the old Bible my grandfather read | A |
| The old fashioned Bible | C |
| The dust covered Bible | C |
| The leathern bound Bible my grandfather read | A |
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| The blessed old volume The face bent above it | A |
| As now I recall it is gravely severe | D |
| Though the reverent eye that droops downward to love it | A |
| Makes grander the text through the lens of a tear | E |
| And as down his features it trickles and glistens | F |
| The cough of the deacon is stilled and his head | A |
| Like a haloed patriarch's leans as he listens | F |
| To hear the old Bible my grandfather read | A |
| The old fashioned Bible | C |
| The dust covered Bible | C |
| The leathern bound Bible my grandfather read | A |
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| Ah who shall look backward with scorn and derision | G |
| And scoff the old book though it uselessly lies | F |
| In the dust of the past while this newer revision | G |
| Lisps on of a hope and a home in the skies | F |
| Shall the voice of the Master be stifled and riven | G |
| Shall we hear but a tithe of the words He has said | A |
| When so long He has listening leaned out of Heaven | G |
| To hear the old Bible my grandfather read | A |
| The old fashioned Bible | C |
| The dust covered Bible | C |
| The leathern bound Bible my grandfather read | A |
James Whitcomb Riley
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