Hymn Read At The Dedication Of The Oliver Wendell Holmes Hospital At Hudson, Wisconsin Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL MNMN| Angel of love for every grief | A |
| Its soothing balm thy mercy brings | B |
| For every pang its healing leaf | A |
| For homeless want thine outspread wings | B |
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| Enough for thee the pleading eye | C |
| The knitted brow of silent pain | D |
| The portals open to a sigh | C |
| Without the clank of bolt or chain | D |
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| Who is our brother He that lies | E |
| Left at the wayside bruised and sore | F |
| His need our open hand supplies | E |
| His welcome waits him at our door | F |
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| Not ours to ask in freezing tones | G |
| His race his calling or his creed | H |
| Each heart the tie of kinship owns | G |
| When those are human veins that bleed | H |
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| Here stand the champions to defend | I |
| From every wound that flesh can feel | J |
| Here science patience skill shall blend | I |
| To save to calm to help to heal | J |
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| Father of Mercies Weak and frail | K |
| Thy guiding hand Thy children ask | L |
| Let not the Great Physician fail | K |
| To aid us in our holy task | L |
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| Source of all truth and love and light | M |
| That warm and cheer our earthly days | N |
| Be ours to serve Thy will aright | M |
| Be Thine the glory and the praise | N |
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