A Few Short Years From Now Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGF HICICFCF JKLKMFNF OCPCQFGF RSCSTFGF| Say art thou angry words unkind | A |
| Have fallen upon thine ear | B |
| Thy spirit hath been wounded too | C |
| By mocking jest or sneer | D |
| But mind it not relax at once | E |
| Thine o ercast and troubled brow | F |
| What will be taunt or jest to thee | G |
| In a few short years from now | F |
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| Or perhaps thou mayst be pining | H |
| Beneath some bitter grief | I |
| From whose pangs in vain thou seekest | C |
| Or respite or relief | I |
| Fret not neath Heav n s chastening rod | C |
| But submissive to it bow | F |
| Thy griefs will all be hushed to rest | C |
| In a few short years from now | F |
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| Art toiling for some worldly aim | J |
| Or for some golden prize | K |
| Devoting to that glitt ring goal | L |
| Thy thoughts thy smiles thy sighs | K |
| Ah rest thee from the idle chase | M |
| With no bliss can it endow | F |
| Of fame or gold what will be thine | N |
| In a few short years from now | F |
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| It may be pleasure s roseate dreams | O |
| Possess thy wayward heart | C |
| Its gilded gauds for better things | P |
| Leaving alas no part | C |
| Ah cast away the gems and flowers | Q |
| That bind thy thoughtless brow | F |
| Where will their gleam or brightness be | G |
| In a few short years from now | F |
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| The good thou may st on earth have done | R |
| Love to a brother shown | S |
| Pardon to foe alms unto need | C |
| Kind word or gentle tone | S |
| The treasures thus laid up in Heav n | T |
| By the good on earth done now | F |
| These will alone remain to thee | G |
| In a few short years from now | F |
Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon
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