The Clouds Return After The Rain Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCC AACC DDCC EFGG HHII JJKK LLII M| Dark and yet darker my day's clouded o'er | A |
| Are its bright joys all fled and its sunshine no more | B |
| I look to the skies for the bright bow in vain | C |
| For constantly clouds return after the rain | C |
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| Must it always be thus peace banished forever | A |
| And joy to this sad heart returned again never | A |
| I long for the rest that I cannot obtain | C |
| For the clouds so much dreaded return after rain | C |
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| Is there not in this wide world one spot that is blessed | D |
| With exemption from suffering where one may find rest | D |
| Where sickness and sorrow no entranpe can gain | C |
| And the clouds do not return after the rain | C |
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| Ah deceive not thyself by a vain hope like this | E |
| Nor expect in this world to enjoy lasting peace | F |
| But bow with submission to God's holy will | G |
| For the hand that afflicts is thy kind Father's still | G |
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| If my days are dark here there are brighter above | H |
| In those pure realms of light peace joy and of love | H |
| Where the air is all balm and the skies ever fair | I |
| And the river of life clear as crystal flows there | I |
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| There also for healing the nations are found | J |
| The leaves of the tree on which rich fruits abound | J |
| There is no need of candle for God is their light | K |
| There never is darkness for there is no night | K |
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| Oh may I there find when this brief life is past | L |
| By my Saviour prepared a sweet home at last | L |
| Where sin never enters death sorrow nor care | I |
| And clouds are not feared for it never rains there | I |
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| August | M |
Mary Ann H. T. Bigelow
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