The Highest Goal Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAAB CDCCD EFEEF GAGGA HGHHG| The highest goal is not success | A |
| If that be made the aim | B |
| But faithfulness tho' counted less | A |
| Is what God promises to bless | A |
| These goals are not the same | B |
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| And if I am to do my best | C |
| In every line of life | D |
| My effort will be surely blest | C |
| And I will find in toil sweet rest | C |
| Tho' in a world of strife | D |
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| And when before the throne I stand | E |
| To answer for the use | F |
| Of gifts received from God's own hand | E |
| He will not then in wrath demand | E |
| From me some strong excuse | F |
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| To show why I had not attained | G |
| The goal of grand success | A |
| Such as some noted men have gained | G |
| For if my work is not sin stained | G |
| God will my failures bless | A |
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| And I will hear Him say My son | H |
| A throne thou hast attained | G |
| Without applause thy race was run | H |
| 'Midst failures oft thy work was done | H |
| Life's highest goal is gained | G |
Joseph Horatio Chant
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