The Trust Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EE FGFGHIHI EE JKJKLMLM EE| We steal the brawn we steal the brain | A |
| The man beneath us in the fight | B |
| Soon learns how helpless and how vain | A |
| To plead for justice or for right | B |
| We steal the youth we steal the health | C |
| Hope courage aspiration high | D |
| We steal men's all to make for wealth | C |
| We will repent us by and by | D |
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| Meantime a gift will heaven appease | E |
| Great God forgive our charities | E |
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| We steal the children's laughter shrill | F |
| We steal their joys e'er they can taste | G |
| Why skip like young lambs on a hill | F |
| Go get ye to your task in haste | G |
| No matter that they droop and tire | H |
| That heaven cries out against the sin | I |
| The gold red gold that we desire | H |
| Their dimpled hands must help to win | I |
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| A cheque for missions if you please | E |
| Great God forgive our charities | E |
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| We steal the light from lover's eyes | J |
| We hush the tale he has to tell | K |
| Of pure desire of tender ties | J |
| No man can serve two masters well | K |
| So loot his treasury of pride | L |
| His holy hopes and visions steal | M |
| His hearth fire scatter far and wide | L |
| And grind the sparks beneath your heel | M |
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| A cheque will cover sins like these | E |
| Great God forgive our charities | E |
Jean Blewett
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