Th' Better Part Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCDEB FFGHHIIG EJKLLMMK MMMNNMMM OOJPPBB IIKEEMMK| A poor owd man wi' tott'ring gait | A |
| Wi' body bent an snowy pate | A |
| Aw met one day | B |
| An daan o'th' rooad side grassy banks | C |
| He sat to rest his weary shanks | C |
| An aw to while away mi time | D |
| O'th' neighbourin hillock did recline | E |
| An bade gooid day | B |
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| Said aw Owd friend pray tell me true | F |
| If in your heart yo nivver rue | F |
| Th' time 'at's past | G |
| Does envy nivver fill yor breast | H |
| When passin fowk wi' riches blest | H |
| An do yo nivver think it wrang | I |
| At yo should have to trudge along | I |
| Soa poor to th' last | G |
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| Young man he sed aw envy nooan | E |
| But ther are times aw pity some | J |
| Wi' all mi heart | K |
| To see what trubbl'd lives they spend | L |
| What cares upon their hands depend | L |
| Then aw in thowtfulness declare | M |
| 'At 'little cattle little care' | M |
| Is th' better part | K |
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| Gold is a burden hard to carry | M |
| An tho' Dame Fortun has been chary | M |
| O' gifts to me | M |
| Yet still aw strive to feel content | N |
| An think what is for th' best is meant | N |
| An th' mooast ov all aw strive for here | M |
| Is still to keep mi conscience clear | M |
| From dark spots free | M |
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| An while some tax ther brains to find | O |
| What they'll be foorced to leeav behind | O |
| When th' time shall come | J |
| Aw try bi honest word an deed | P |
| To get what little here aw need | P |
| An live i' hopes at last to say | B |
| When breeath gooas flickerin away | B |
| 'Aw'm gooin hooam ' | - |
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| Aw gave his hand a hearty shake | I |
| It seem'd as tho' the words he spake | I |
| Sank i' mi heart | K |
| Aw walk'd away a wiser man | E |
| Detarmined aw wod try his plan | E |
| I' hopes at last 'at aw might be | M |
| As weel assured ov Heaven as he | M |
| That's th' better part | K |
John Hartley
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