To My Daughter On Her Birthday. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFGHIJJKLMM FFNNOODDPAQQNN| Darling child to thee I owe | A |
| More than others here will know | A |
| Thou hast cheered my weary days | B |
| With thy coy and winsome ways | B |
| When my heart has been most sad | C |
| Smile of thine has made me glad | C |
| In return I wish for thee | D |
| Health and sweet felicity | D |
| May thy future days be blest | E |
| With all things the world deems best | E |
| If perchance the day should come | F |
| Thou does leave thy childhood's home | G |
| Bound by earth's most sacred ties | H |
| With responsibilities | I |
| In another's life to share | J |
| Wedded joys and worldly care | J |
| May thy partner worthy prove | K |
| Richest in thy constant love | L |
| Strong in faith and honour just | M |
| With brave heart on which to trust | M |
| One to whom when troubles come | F |
| And the days grow burdensome | F |
| Thou canst fly with confidence | N |
| In his love's plenipotence | N |
| And if when some years have flown | O |
| Sons and daughters of your own | O |
| Bless your union may they be | D |
| Wellsprings of pure joy to thee | D |
| And when age shall line thy brow | P |
| And thy step is weak and slow | A |
| And the end of life draws near | Q |
| May'st thou meet it without fear | Q |
| Undismayed with earth's alarms | N |
| Sleeping to wake in Jesus' arms | N |
John Hartley
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