The Angel Of Patience Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEFG HIFGJJ KKFLMM NNOOP| A FREE PARAPHRASE OF THE GERMAN | A |
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| To weary hearts to mourning homes | B |
| God's meekest Angel gently comes | C |
| No power has he to banish pain | D |
| Or give us back our lost again | E |
| And yet in tenderest love our dear | F |
| And Heavenly Father sends him here | G |
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| There's quiet in that Angel's glance | H |
| There 's rest in his still countenance | I |
| He mocks no grief with idle cheer | F |
| Nor wounds with words the mourner's ear | G |
| But ills and woes he may not cure | J |
| He kindly trains us to endure | J |
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| Angel of Patience sent to calm | K |
| Our feverish brows with cooling palm | K |
| To lay the storms of hope and fear | F |
| And reconcile life's smile and tear | L |
| The throbs of wounded pride to still | M |
| And make our own our Father's will | M |
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| O thou who mournest on thy way | N |
| With longings for the close of day | N |
| He walks with thee that Angel kind | O |
| And gently whispers 'Be resigned | O |
| Bear up bear on the end shall tell | P |
| The dear Lord ordereth all things well ' | - |
John Greenleaf Whittier
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