After While. A Poem Of Faith Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDEEFFDGGHHIJJKKI LLMMDNNOOD| I THINK that though the clouds be dark | A |
| That though the waves dash o'er the bark | A |
| Yet after while the light will come | B |
| And in calm waters safe at home | C |
| The bark will anchor | D |
| Weep not my sad eyed gray robed maid | E |
| Because your fairest blossoms fade | E |
| That sorrow still o'erruns your cup | F |
| And even though you root them up | F |
| The weeds grow ranker | D |
| For after while your tears shall cease | G |
| And sorrow shall give way to peace | G |
| The flowers shall bloom the weeds shall die | H |
| And in that faith seen by and by | H |
| Thy woes shall perish | I |
| Smile at old Fortune's adverse tide | J |
| Smile when the scoffers sneer and chide | J |
| Oh not for you the gems that pale | K |
| And not for you the flowers that fail | K |
| Let this thought cherish | I |
| That after while the clouds will part | L |
| And then with joy the waiting heart | L |
| Shall feel the light come stealing in | M |
| That drives away the cloud of sin | M |
| And breaks its power | D |
| And you shall burst your chrysalis | N |
| And wing away to realms of bliss | N |
| Untrammelled pure divinely free | O |
| Above all earth's anxiety | O |
| From that same hour | D |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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