Chorus From 'lincoln' Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDABCD EBEFEBEF AGABAGAB EBBEEBBE HEBBHEBB IJEKIJEK

You who have gone gatheringA
Cornflowers and meadowsweetB
Heard the hazels glancing downC
On September evesD
Seen the homeward rooks on wingA
Over fields of golden wheatB
And the silver cups that crownC
Water lily leavesD
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You who know the tendernessE
Of old men at eve tideB
Coming from the hedgerowsE
Coming from the ploughF
And the wandering caressE
Of winds upon the woodsideB
When the crying yaffle goesE
Underneath the boughF
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You who mark the flowingA
Of sap upon the May timeG
And the waters wellingA
From the watershedB
You who count the growingA
Of harvest and hay timeG
Knowing these the tellingA
Of your daily breadB
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You who cherish courtesyE
With your fellows at your gateB
And about your hearthstone sitB
Under love's decreesE
You who know that death will beE
Speaking with you soon or lateB
Kinsmen what is mother witB
But the light of theseE
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Knowing these what is there moreH
For learning in your little yearsE
Are not these all gospels brightB
Shining on your dayB
How then shall your hearts be soreH
With envy and her brood of fearsE
How forget the words of lightB
From the mountain wayB
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Blessed are the mercifulI
Does not every threshold seekJ
Meadows and the flight of birdsE
For compassion stillK
Blessed are the mercifulI
Are we pilgrims yet to speakJ
Out of Olivet the wordsE
Of knowledge and good willK

John Drinkwater



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