Waiting For Death Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A ABBA ABBA CDE CDE| Di morte certo | A |
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| My death must come but when I do not know | A |
| Life's short and little life remains for me | B |
| Fain would my flesh abide my soul would flee | B |
| Heavenward for still she calls on me to go | A |
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| Blind is the world and evil here below | A |
| O'erwhelms and triumphs over honesty | B |
| The light is quenched quenched too is bravery | B |
| Lies reign and truth hath ceased her face to show | A |
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| When will that day dawn Lord for which he waits | C |
| Who trusts in Thee Lo this prolonged delay | D |
| Destroys all hope and robs the soul of life | E |
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| Why streams the light from those celestial gates | C |
| If death prevent the day of grace and stay | D |
| Our souls for ever in the toils of strife | E |
Michelangelo Di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
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