The Gifts Of God Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGHTHE LIGHT that fills thy house at morn | A |
Thou canst not for thyself retain | B |
But all who with thee here are born | A |
It bids to share an equal gain | B |
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The wind that blows thy ship along | C |
Her swelling sails cannot confine | D |
Alike to all the gales belong | C |
Nor canst thou claim a breath as thine | D |
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The earth the green out spreading earth | E |
Why hast thou fenced it off from me | F |
Hadst thou than I a nobler birth | E |
Who callest thine a gift so free | F |
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The wave the blue encircling wave | G |
No chains can bind no fetters hold | H |
Its thunders tell of Him who gave | G |
What none can ever buy for gold | H |
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