He That Believeth Shall Not Make Haste. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBCCCB DEDEEFFFE| The aloes grow upon the sand | A |
| The aloes thirst with parching heat | B |
| Year after year they waiting stand | A |
| Lonely and calm and front the beat | B |
| Of desert winds and still a sweet | B |
| And subtle voice thrills all their veins | C |
| Great patience wins it still remains | C |
| After a century of pains | C |
| To you to bloom and be complete | B |
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| I grow upon a thorny waste | D |
| Hot noontide lies on all the way | E |
| And with its scorching breath makes haste | D |
| Each freshening dawn to burn and slay | E |
| Yet patiently I bide and stay | E |
| Knowing the secret of my fate | F |
| The hour of bloom dear Lord I wait | F |
| Come when it will or soon or late | F |
| A hundred years are but a day | E |
Susan Coolidge (sarah Chauncey Woolsey)
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