Nature's Lesson Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEEGHGH ICICJKJK LMLMENEN| We traveled by a mountain's edge | A |
| It was September calm and bright | B |
| Nature had decked its rocky ledge | A |
| With flowers of varied hue and height | B |
| It seemed a miracle that they | C |
| Should flourish in that meager soil | D |
| As noble spirits oftenest may | C |
| Gleam forth through poverty and toil | D |
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| Below were rippling sparkling streams | E |
| Through meadows kissed by shadowy hills | F |
| Reflecting autumn's peaceful dreams | E |
| Within those swift translucent rills | E |
| This lesson should these scenes impart | G |
| As on the road of life we go | H |
| To do our duty and take heart | G |
| As flowers bloom and streamlets flow | H |
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| Perhaps in ages yet to be | I |
| May flowers wave here e'en as today | C |
| These streams still rush in merry glee | I |
| To cheer and charm who here may stray | C |
| But we upon Time's rapid tide | J |
| Like morning mists will disappear | K |
| But if by faith to Christ allied | J |
| Heaven's glory is both sure and clear | K |
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| We look from Nature to her God | L |
| We feel his presence from above | M |
| We know that when the earth he trod | L |
| He preached through her his wondrous love | M |
| What is there in our flitting years | E |
| With this pure treasure can compare | N |
| His love can wipe away our tears | E |
| His love can lighten every care | N |
Nancy Rebecca Campbell Glass
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