To Mary Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFGH IJIJ KLKL MNMN| It is not very long since first we met | A |
| Thy path and mine lay very far apart | B |
| We are not of one nation dear one yet | A |
| Thou hast awakened love within my heart | B |
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| It is a love that sorrow never tried | C |
| And yet like tested love it is as true | D |
| As love that stood in dark hours by your side | C |
| If hours were ever dark or sad to you | D |
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| Not for your beauty though I think you fair | E |
| Not for the kind heart or the tender word | F |
| But for the kindredship because you were | G |
| One who both knew and loved my gracious Lord | H |
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| One who had often met with Him alone | I |
| One over whom His garment had been laid | J |
| Clothed on with beauty that was not your own | I |
| Bought with a price no other could have paid | J |
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| Divided by the ridge of time are we | K |
| Yet we are near akin at heart my friend | L |
| Our prayers and praises will together be | K |
| Blended and fused in one as they ascend | L |
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| For I too heard the Well Beloved's voice | M |
| Calling the new life in the soul to wake | N |
| Drawing us after Him in loving choice | M |
| Making us love His loved ones for His sake | N |
Nora Pembroke (margaret Moran Dixon Mcdougall)
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