The Other One Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJIJKLKL GMGMDLDL NCNCOPOP OQRQSESE TUTUVLVL| Gather around me children dear | A |
| The wind is high and the night is cold | B |
| Closer little ones snuggle near | A |
| Let's seek a story of ages old | B |
| A magic tale of a bygone day | C |
| Of lovely ladies and dragons dread | D |
| Come for you're all so tired of play | C |
| We'll read till it's time to go to bed | D |
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| So they all are glad and they nestle in | E |
| And squat on the rough old nursery rug | F |
| And they nudge and hush as I begin | E |
| And the fire leaps up and all's so snug | F |
| And there I sit in the big arm chair | G |
| And how they are eager and sweet and wise | H |
| And they cup their chins in their hands and stare | G |
| At the heart of the flame with thoughtful eyes | H |
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| And then as I read by the ruddy glow | I |
| And the little ones sit entranced and still | J |
| He's drawing near ah I know I know | I |
| He's listening too as he always will | J |
| He's there he's standing beside my knee | K |
| I see him so well my wee wee son | L |
| Oh children dear don't look at me | K |
| I'm reading now for the Other One | L |
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| For the firelight glints in his golden hair | G |
| And his wondering eyes are fixed on my face | M |
| And he rests on the arm of my easy chair | G |
| And the book's a blur and I lose my place | M |
| And I touch my lips to his shining head | D |
| And my voice breaks down and the story's done | L |
| Oh children kiss me and go to bed | D |
| Leave me to think of the Other One | L |
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| Of the One who will never grow up at all | N |
| Who will always be just a child at play | C |
| Tender and trusting and sweet and small | N |
| Who will never leave me and go away | C |
| Who will never hurt me and give me pain | O |
| Who will comfort me when I'm all alone | P |
| A heart of love that's without a stain | O |
| Always and always my own my own | P |
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| Yet a thought shines out from the dark of pain | O |
| And it gives me hope to be reconciled | Q |
| That each of us must be born again | R |
| And live and die as a little child | Q |
| So that with souls all shining white | S |
| White as snow and without one sin | E |
| We may come to the Gates of Eternal Light | S |
| Where only children may enter in | E |
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| So gentle mothers don't ever grieve | T |
| Because you have lost but kiss the rod | U |
| From the depths of your woe be glad believe | T |
| You've given an angel unto God | U |
| Rejoice You've a child whose youth endures | V |
| Who comes to you when the day is done | L |
| Wistful for love oh yours just yours | V |
| Dearest of all the Other One | L |
Robert William Service
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