Chorus From 'lincoln' Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDABCD EBEFEBEF AGABAGAB EBBEEBBE HEBBHEBB IJEKIJEK| You who have gone gathering | A |
| Cornflowers and meadowsweet | B |
| Heard the hazels glancing down | C |
| On September eves | D |
| Seen the homeward rooks on wing | A |
| Over fields of golden wheat | B |
| And the silver cups that crown | C |
| Water lily leaves | D |
| - | |
| You who know the tenderness | E |
| Of old men at eve tide | B |
| Coming from the hedgerows | E |
| Coming from the plough | F |
| And the wandering caress | E |
| Of winds upon the woodside | B |
| When the crying yaffle goes | E |
| Underneath the bough | F |
| - | |
| You who mark the flowing | A |
| Of sap upon the May time | G |
| And the waters welling | A |
| From the watershed | B |
| You who count the growing | A |
| Of harvest and hay time | G |
| Knowing these the telling | A |
| Of your daily bread | B |
| - | |
| You who cherish courtesy | E |
| With your fellows at your gate | B |
| And about your hearthstone sit | B |
| Under love's decrees | E |
| You who know that death will be | E |
| Speaking with you soon or late | B |
| Kinsmen what is mother wit | B |
| But the light of these | E |
| - | |
| Knowing these what is there more | H |
| For learning in your little years | E |
| Are not these all gospels bright | B |
| Shining on your day | B |
| How then shall your hearts be sore | H |
| With envy and her brood of fears | E |
| How forget the words of light | B |
| From the mountain way | B |
| - | |
| Blessed are the merciful | I |
| Does not every threshold seek | J |
| Meadows and the flight of birds | E |
| For compassion still | K |
| Blessed are the merciful | I |
| Are we pilgrims yet to speak | J |
| Out of Olivet the words | E |
| Of knowledge and good will | K |
John Drinkwater
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