In Time Of Drought Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFG HAIAJEKG LAMANEOG| The rushes are black by the river bed | A |
| And the sheep and the cattle stand | B |
| Wistful eyed where the waters were | C |
| In a waste of gravel and sand | B |
| Or pass o'er their dying and dead to slake | D |
| Their thirst at the slimy pool | E |
| Shall they pine and perish in pangs of drought | F |
| While Thy river O God is full | G |
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| The fields are furrowed the seed is sown | H |
| But no dews from the heavens are shed | A |
| And where shall the grain for the harvest be | I |
| And how shall the poor be fed | A |
| In waterless gullies they winnow the earth | J |
| New turned by the miner's tool | E |
| And the way farer faints 'neath his lightened load | K |
| Yet the river of God is full | G |
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| For us O Father from tropic seas | L |
| Let the clouds be filled that shed | A |
| Rough rains upon Andes' eastward slope | M |
| Soft snows on Him leh's head | A |
| Freight for us as for others thy dark winged fleet | N |
| That soon by the waters cool | E |
| We may say with gladness Our need was great | O |
| But the river of God was full | G |
Mary Hannay Foott
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