The Host Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDFGG HIHIJJ KLKLMN| I never could imagine God | A |
| I don't suppose I ever will | B |
| Beside His altar fire I nod | A |
| With senile drowsiness but still | B |
| In old of age as sight grows dim | C |
| I have a sense of Him | C |
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| For when I count my sum of days | D |
| I find so many sweet and good | E |
| My mind is full of peace and praise | D |
| My heart aglow with gratitude | F |
| For my long living in the sun | G |
| I want to thank someone | G |
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| Someone who has been kind to me | H |
| Some power within if not on high | I |
| Who shaped my gentle destiny | H |
| And led me pleasant pastures by | I |
| Who taught me whether gay or grave | J |
| To love the life He gave | J |
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| A Host of charity and cheer | K |
| Within a Tavern warm and bright | L |
| Who smiles and bids me have no fear | K |
| As forth I fare into the night | L |
| From whom I beg no Heav'n but bless | M |
| For earthly happiness | N |
Robert William Service
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