Ommission Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGCGC HBHBGCGC| What man has not betrayed | A |
| Some sacred trust | B |
| If haply you are made | A |
| Of honest dust | B |
| Vaunt not of glory due | C |
| Of triumph won | D |
| Think think of duties you | C |
| Have left undone | D |
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| But if in mercy hope | E |
| Despite your sin | F |
| The gates of Heaven ope' | E |
| To let you in | F |
| Pray pray that when God reads | G |
| Your judgement due | C |
| He may forget good deeds | G |
| You did not do | C |
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| Ommission sins may be | H |
| The bitterest | B |
| And wring in memory | H |
| A heart opprest | B |
| So when sweet pity pleads | G |
| Let us not rue | C |
| Too late too late Kind Deeds | G |
| We did not do | C |
Robert William Service
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