A Song Of Comfort Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DDEEFF EEGGHH IIJJKK| Sleep weary ones while ye may | A |
| Sleep oh sleep | B |
| Eugene Field | C |
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| Thro' May time blossoms with whisper low | D |
| The soft wind sang to the dead below | D |
| Think not with regret on the Springtime's song | E |
| And the task ye left while your hands were strong | E |
| The song would have ceased when the Spring was past | F |
| And the task that was joyous be weary at last | F |
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| To the winter sky when the nights were long | E |
| The tree tops tossed with a ceaseless song | E |
| Do ye think with regret on the sunny days | G |
| And the path ye left with its untrod ways | G |
| The sun might sink in a storm cloud's frown | H |
| And the path grow rough when the night came down | H |
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| In the grey twilight of the autumn eves | I |
| It sighed as it sang through the dying leaves | I |
| Ye think with regret that the world was bright | J |
| That your path was short and your task was light | J |
| The path though short was perhaps the best | K |
| And the toil was sweet that it led to rest | K |
John Alexander Mccrae
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