Others Save With Fear Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EEFFGGHH IIJJKKLM NNOOMMPP QQRRSSMM GTUUVVWW XXYYZZA2A2 MMB2B2B2B2C2C2| Some men there are who stand so straight | A |
| So equipoised that others' fate | A |
| Seems to depend on their behest | B |
| And useless all our every quest | B |
| To gain perfection or renown | C |
| Unless we touch the flowing gown | C |
| Of these high priests whose shadows fall | D |
| Within themselves if fall at all | D |
| - | |
| Others are not as straight as these | E |
| But more like rough and gnarled trees | E |
| But little beauty they display | F |
| Shadows they cast across the way | F |
| And from them men with scorning turn | G |
| Or if they speak their accents burn | G |
| Like capsicum on chafed skin | H |
| And leave a smarting wound within | H |
| - | |
| Once noble men when turned aside | I |
| By fleshly lust or sinful pride | I |
| Each one becomes a broken bell | J |
| On which the angry fiends of hell | J |
| Ring out their discord harsh and loud | K |
| As if with demon powers endowed | K |
| Colossal once through grace they were | L |
| Colossal still though cleft and bare | M |
| - | |
| On northern rocks is often seen | N |
| The impress of some southern sheen | N |
| The brightness of a warmer bloom | O |
| Unknown to winter's frost and gloom | O |
| The fossil flower of epoch fair | M |
| Has left its lasting impress there | M |
| So in some men whose hearts are cold | P |
| You find a trace of days of old | P |
| - | |
| While we deplore the Arctic chill | Q |
| The frigid heart the ice bound will | Q |
| We must admire the fossil trace | R |
| Still seen of early days of grace | R |
| Hiding from sight as best we can | S |
| The traces of the fallen man | S |
| We feast our eyes upon the fair | M |
| Though fossil lines that linger there | M |
| - | |
| How to restore is our concern | G |
| As we o'er their declensions mourn | T |
| Can such dire ruin be repaired | U |
| Only if God's strong arm be bared | U |
| But we must do a brother's part | V |
| And try to thaw the frozen heart | V |
| Not by the fire of wrath above | W |
| But by the melting coals of love | W |
| - | |
| As bullets smooth are farther shot | X |
| Because rough angles they have not | X |
| So gentle ways and loving speech | Y |
| Are sure the erring heart to reach | Y |
| While jagged deeds and words unkind | Z |
| Like pebbles rough much friction find | Z |
| They fall before they reach the goal | A2 |
| And seldom help the needy soul | A2 |
| - | |
| To truth be loyal but take a care | M |
| That with true zeal tact have a share | M |
| The lightning when it strikes the tree | B2 |
| Runs with the grain as oft you see | B2 |
| Those who at angling are adepts | B2 |
| Choose well their bait and guard their steps | B2 |
| So if you would the sinner gain | C2 |
| Bait well your hook or mark the grain | C2 |
Joseph Horatio Chant
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
Write your comment about Others Save With Fear poem by Joseph Horatio Chant
Best Poems of Joseph Horatio Chant