St. Francis And The Birds Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBA CDDC EFFE GHHI JKLJ MNNM HOOH GPPG QHHR DSSD TUUV SWXY ZUUZ A2B2B2B C2D2D2E2 F2GGF2 A2HHA2 DB2B2D| Little sisters the birds | A |
| We must praise God you and I | B |
| You with songs that fill the sky | B |
| I with halting words | A |
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| All things tell His praise | C |
| Woods and waters thereof sing | D |
| Summer Winter Autumn Spring | D |
| And the night and days | C |
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| Yea and cold and heat | E |
| And the sun and stars and moon | F |
| Sea with her monotonous tune | F |
| Rain and hail and sleet | E |
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| And the winds of heaven | G |
| And the solemn hills of blue | H |
| And the brown earth and the dew | H |
| And the thunder even | I |
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| And the flowers' sweet breath | J |
| All things make one glorious voice | K |
| Life with fleeting pains and joys | L |
| And our brother Death | J |
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| Little flowers of air | M |
| With your feathers soft and sleek | N |
| And your bright brown eyes and meek | N |
| He hath made you fair | M |
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| He hath taught to you | H |
| Skill to weave in tree and thatch | O |
| Nests where happy mothers hatch | O |
| Speckled eggs of blue | H |
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| And hath children given | G |
| When the soft heads overbrim | P |
| The brown nests then thank ye Him | P |
| In the clouds of heaven | G |
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| Also in your lives | Q |
| Live His laws Who loveth you | H |
| Husbands be ye kind and true | H |
| Be home keeping wives | R |
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| Love not gossiping | D |
| Stay at home and keep the nest | S |
| Fly not here and there in quest | S |
| Of the newest thing | D |
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| Live as brethren live | T |
| Love be in each heart and mouth | U |
| Be not envious be not wroth | U |
| Be not slow to give | V |
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| When ye build the nest | S |
| Quarrel not o'er straw or wool | W |
| He who hath be bountiful | X |
| To the neediest | Y |
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| Be not puffed nor vain | Z |
| Of your beauty or your worth | U |
| Of your children or your birth | U |
| Or the praise ye gain | Z |
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| Eat not greedily | A2 |
| Sometimes for sweet mercy's sake | B2 |
| Worm or insect spare to take | B2 |
| Let it crawl or fly | B |
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| See ye sing not near | C2 |
| To our church on holy day | D2 |
| Lest the human folk should stray | D2 |
| From their prayers to hear | E2 |
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| Now depart in peace | F2 |
| In God's name I bless each one | G |
| May your days be long i' the sun | G |
| And your joys increase | F2 |
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| And remember me | A2 |
| Your poor brother Francis who | H |
| Loves you and gives thanks to you | H |
| For this courtesy | A2 |
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| Sometimes when ye sing | D |
| Name my name that He may take | B2 |
| Pity for the dear song's sake | B2 |
| On my shortcoming | D |
Katharine Tynan
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