Act Square. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE DGBGHIJI DKLMNOBO PQRQSTUF VQDQWQBQAnother day will follow this | A |
Ah that shall sewerly be | B |
But th' day 'at dawns to morn my lad | C |
May nivver dawn for thee | B |
This day is thine soa use it weel | D |
For fear when it has passed | E |
Some duty has been left undone | F |
On th' day at proved thy last | E |
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What's passed an gooan's beyond recall | D |
An th' futer's all unknown | G |
Dooant specilate on what's to be | B |
Neglect in what's thi own | G |
When morn in comes thank God tha'rt spared | H |
To see another day | I |
An when tha goas to bed at neet | J |
Life's burdens on Him lay | I |
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Although thy station may be low | D |
Thy life's conditions hard | K |
Mak th' best o' what falls to thi lot | L |
An tha shall win reward | M |
Man's days ov toil on earth are few | N |
Compared to that long rest | O |
'At stretches throo Eternity | B |
For them 'at's done ther best | O |
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Though monny rough hills tha's to climb | P |
An bogs an becks to wade | Q |
Though thorns an brambles chooak thi path | R |
Yet push on undismayed | Q |
Detarmination back'd wi' Faith | S |
An Hope to cheer thi on | T |
Shall gie thi strugglin efforts strength | U |
Until thi journey's done | F |
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Let thi religion be thi life | V |
Let ivvery word an deed | Q |
Be prompted bi a love for all | D |
Whativver be ther creed | Q |
Let wranglin praichers twist an twine | W |
Ther doctrines new an old | Q |
Act square an ther is One will see | B |
Tha'rt net left aght i'th' cold | Q |
John Hartley
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