A Hymn - After Reading "lead, Kindly Light." Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF AGAG HIHI| Lead gently Lord and slow | A |
| For oh my steps are weak | B |
| And ever as I go | A |
| Some soothing sentence speak | B |
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| That I may turn my face | C |
| Through doubt's obscurity | D |
| Toward thine abiding place | C |
| E'en tho' I cannot see | D |
| - | |
| For lo the way is dark | E |
| Through mist and cloud I grope | F |
| Save for that fitful spark | E |
| The little flame of hope | F |
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| Lead gently Lord and slow | A |
| For fear that I may fall | G |
| I know not where to go | A |
| Unless I hear thy call | G |
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| My fainting soul doth yearn | H |
| For thy green hills afar | I |
| So let thy mercy burn | H |
| My greater guiding star | I |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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