Providence Hospital Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFGF HIJI BKLK| In our own native land a Hospital stands | A |
| Its praises I faintly would speak | B |
| To me it seems grand enclosed in love's bands | A |
| By the Sisters of Charity meek | B |
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| These Sisters are lowly and humble and holy | C |
| All striving their God to obey | D |
| They watch o'er the poorly while dreaming they surely | C |
| Can all of their sufferings allay | D |
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| Heaven's blessings are resting on them as they're testing | E |
| Their freedom from sorrow and sin | F |
| And God will uphold them and angels enfold them | G |
| Till a heavenly crown they will win | F |
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| My happiness lost on the world tempest tossed | H |
| Weary and heart sick with pain | I |
| Providently I came to Providence by name | J |
| Where my health I did quickly regain | I |
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| In language though weak my thoughts I would speak | B |
| My gratitude is without bounds | K |
| To my nurses while blind and physicians so kind | L |
| And the owners of Providence grounds | K |
Mary Alice Walton
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