A Psalm Of Patience Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABAAAB CBCBCCCB DBEBDDDB BBBBBBBB| O kid with face of healthy tan | A |
| With lunch bag books and slate | B |
| You needn't long to be a man | A |
| Self confident and great | B |
| For ever since the world began | A |
| Each boy must spring to Nature's plan | A |
| Must worry through as best he can | A |
| Make up your mind to Wait | B |
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| O young galoot you find it rough | C |
| This iron hand of Fate | B |
| Your confidence is mostly bluff | C |
| And doubts preponderate | B |
| Are you the genuine all wool stuff | C |
| Are you a daisy or a muff | C |
| Patience you'll find out soon enough | C |
| If you can only Wait | B |
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| O baffled bloke with no resource | D |
| Whose knowledge comes too late | B |
| Whose prospects change from bad to worse | E |
| Till Hope gives place to Hate | B |
| Sick of existence and perforce | D |
| Impatient for the long divorce | D |
| You'll get your call in proper course | D |
| Take my advice and Wait | B |
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| O geezer drawing near the test | B |
| That none may obviate | B |
| Don't waste your time in fruitless quest | B |
| Re man's post mortem state | B |
| That doubt will soon be set at rest | B |
| You'll be extinguish'd grill'd or blest | B |
| Or spook the world from east to west | B |
| Meanwhile you have to Wait | B |
Joseph Furphy
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