Unspoken Words Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJIJKLKL MNMNOPQP| THE kindly words that rise within the heart | A |
| And thrill it with their sympathetic tone | B |
| But die ere spoken fail to play their part | A |
| And claim a merit that is not their own | B |
| The kindly word unspoken is a sin | C |
| A sin that wraps itself in purest guise | D |
| And tells the heart that doubting looks within | C |
| That not in speech but thought the virtue lies | D |
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| But 'tis not so another heart may thirst | E |
| For that kind word as Hagar in the wild | F |
| Poor banished Hagar prayed a well might burst | E |
| From out the sand to save her parching child | F |
| And loving eyes that cannot see the mind | G |
| Will watch the expected movement of the lip | H |
| Ah can ye let its cutting silence wind | G |
| Around that heart and scathe it like a whip | H |
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| Unspoken words like treasures in the mine | I |
| Are valueless until we give them birth | J |
| Like unfound gold their hidden beauties shine | I |
| Which God has made to bless and gild the earth | J |
| How sad 'twould be to see a master's hand | K |
| Strike glorious notes upon a voiceless lute | L |
| But oh what pain when at God's own command | K |
| A heart string thrills with kindness but is mute | L |
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| Then hide it not the music of the soul | M |
| Dear sympathy expressed with kindly voice | N |
| But let it like a shining river roll | M |
| To deserts dry to hearts that would rejoice | N |
| Oh let the symphony of kindly words | O |
| Sound for the poor the friendless and the weak | P |
| And he will bless you he who struck these chords | Q |
| Will strike another when in turn you seek | P |
John Boyle O'reilly
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