The Old Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGDGD HIHJKLKM| Oh bear with me for I am old | A |
| And count on fingers five | B |
| The years this pencil I may hold | A |
| And hope to be alive | B |
| How sadly soon our dreaming ends | C |
| How brief the sunset glow | D |
| Be kindly to the old my friends | C |
| You'll miss them when they go | D |
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| I've seen so many disappear | E |
| That I can scarce forget | F |
| For death has made them doubly dear | E |
| And ripened my regret | F |
| How wistfully I've wished them back | G |
| With cherishing to show | D |
| The gentleness I used to lack | G |
| In years of long ago | D |
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| You young and fit will falter too | H |
| And when Time's load you bear | I |
| 'Twill help if others turn to you | H |
| With comforting and car | J |
| With loving look and tender touch | K |
| Aye in their twilight wan | L |
| Revere the old for Oh how much | K |
| You'll miss them when they've gone | M |
Robert Service
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