The Sons Of Martha Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EFF GGHH IIJJ KLMM NNOO PPQQ| The Sons of Mary seldom bother for they have inherited that good part | A |
| But the Sons of Martha favour their Mother of the careful soul and the troubled heart | A |
| And because she lost her temper once and because she was rude to the Lord her Guest | B |
| Her Sons must wait upon Mary's Sons world without end reprieve or rest | B |
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| It is their care in all the ages to take the buffet and cushion the shock | C |
| It is their care that the gear engages it is their care that the switches lock | C |
| It is their care that the wheels run truly it is their care to embark and entrain | D |
| Tally transport and deliver duly the Sons of Mary by land and main | D |
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| They say to mountains Be ye remov d '' They say to the lesser floods Be dry '' | - |
| Under their rods are the rocks reprov d they are not afraid of that which is high | E |
| Then do the hill tops shake to the summit then is the bed of the deep laid bare | F |
| That the Sons of Mary may overcome it pleasantly sleeping and unaware | F |
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| They finger Death at their gloves' end where they piece and repiece the living wires | G |
| He rears against the gates they tend they feed him hungry behind their fires | G |
| Early at dawn ere men see clear they stumble into his terrible stall | H |
| And hale him forth like a haltered steer and goad and turn him till evenfall | H |
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| To these from birth is Belief forbidden from these till death is Relief afar | I |
| They are concerned with matters hidden under the earthline their altars are | I |
| The secret fountains to follow up waters withdrawn to restore to the mouth | J |
| And gather the floods as in a cup and pour them again at a city's drouth | J |
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| They do not preach that their God will rouse them a little before the nuts work loose | K |
| They do not preach that His Pity allows them to drop their job when they damn well choose | L |
| As in the thronged and the lighted ways so in the dark and the desert they stand | M |
| Wary and watchful all their days that their brethren's ways may be long in the land | M |
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| Raise ye the stone or cleave the wood to make a path more fair or flat | N |
| Lo it is black already with the blood some Son of Martha spilled for that | N |
| Not as a ladder from earth to Heaven not as a witness to any creed | O |
| But simple service simply given to his own kind in their common need | O |
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| And the Sons of Mary smile and are bless d they know the Angels are on their side | P |
| They know in them is the Grace confess d and for them are the Mercies multiplied | P |
| They sit at the feet they hear the Word they see how truly the Promise runs | Q |
| They have cast their burden upon the Lord and the Lord He lays it on Martha's Sons | Q |
Rudyard Kipling
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