The Contented Man Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD AEAEFGFG AHAHIJIJ| How good God is to me he said | A |
| For have I not a mansion tall | B |
| With trees and lawns of velvet tread | A |
| And happy helpers at my call | B |
| With beauty is my life abrim | C |
| With tranquil hours and dreams apart | D |
| You wonder that I yield to Him | C |
| That best of prayers a grateful heart | D |
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| How good God is to me he said | A |
| For look though gone is all my wealth | E |
| How sweet it is to earn one's bread | A |
| With brawny arms and brimming health | E |
| Oh now I know the joy of strife | F |
| To sleep so sound to wake so fit | G |
| Ah yes how glorious is life | F |
| I thank Him for each day of it | G |
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| How good God is to me he said | A |
| Though health and wealth are gone it's true | H |
| Things might be worse I might be dead | A |
| And here I'm living laughing too | H |
| Serene beneath the evening sky | I |
| I wait and every man's my friend | J |
| God's most contented man am I | I |
| He keeps me smiling to the End | J |
Robert Service
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