Steps We Climb Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCAADD A EEFFDD A GHDIDD J KLCCDD| I | A |
| - | |
| Like idle clouds our lives move on | B |
| By change and chance as idly blown | C |
| Our hopes like netted sparrows fly | A |
| And vainly beat their wings and die | A |
| Fate conquers all with stony will | D |
| Oh heart be still be still | D |
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| II | A |
| - | |
| No change and chance are slaves that wait | E |
| On Him who guides the clouds not fate | E |
| But the High King rules seas and sun | F |
| He conquers He the Mighty One | F |
| So powerless 'neath that changeless will | D |
| Oh heart be still be still | D |
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| III | A |
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| As a young bird fallen from its nest | G |
| Beats wildly the kind hand against | H |
| That lifts it up so tremblingly | D |
| Our hearts lie in God's hand as He | I |
| Uplifts them by His loving will | D |
| Oh heart be still be still | D |
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| IV | J |
| - | |
| Uplifts them to a perfect peace | K |
| A rest beyond all earthly ease | L |
| 'Neath the white shadow of the throne | C |
| Low nest forever overshone | C |
| By tenderest love our Lord's dear will | D |
| Oh heart be still be still | D |
Marietta Holley
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