A Thanksgiving Poem Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEDE FGFG HIHI JKJK LMLM NONO PQPR| The sun hath shed its kindly light | A |
| Our harvesting is gladly o'er | B |
| Our fields have felt no killing blight | A |
| Our bins are filled with goodly store | C |
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| From pestilence fire flood and sword | D |
| We have been spared by thy decree | E |
| And now with humble hearts O Lord | D |
| We come to pay our thanks to thee | E |
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| We feel that had our merits been | F |
| The measure of thy gifts to us | G |
| We erring children born of sin | F |
| Might not now be rejoicing thus | G |
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| No deed of ours hath brought us grace | H |
| When thou were nigh our sight was dull | I |
| We hid in trembling from thy face | H |
| But thou O God wert merciful | I |
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| Thy mighty hand o'er all the land | J |
| Hath still been open to bestow | K |
| Those blessings which our wants demand | J |
| From heaven whence all blessings flow | K |
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| Thou hast with ever watchful eye | L |
| Looked down on us with holy care | M |
| And from thy storehouse in the sky | L |
| Hast scattered plenty everywhere | M |
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| Then lift we up our songs of praise | N |
| To thee O Father good and kind | O |
| To thee we consecrate our days | N |
| Be thine the temple of each mind | O |
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| With incense sweet our thanks ascend | P |
| Before thy works our powers pall | Q |
| Though we should strive years without end | P |
| We could not thank thee for them all | R |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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