Himself Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFGF HIHI JKJK HDHD| The houseful that we were then you could count us by the dozens | A |
| The wonder was that sometimes the old walls wouldn't burst | B |
| Herself the Lord be good to her the aunts and rafts of cousins | A |
| The young folks and the children but Himself came first | B |
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| Master of the House he was and well for them that knew it | C |
| His cheeks like winter apples and his head like snow | D |
| Eyes as blue as water when the sun of March shines through it | C |
| And steppin' like a soldier with his stick held so | D |
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| Faith but he could tell a tale would serve a man for wages | E |
| Sing a song would put the joy of dancin' in two sticks | F |
| But Saints between themselves and harm that saw him in his rages | G |
| Blazin' and oratin' over chess and politics | F |
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| Master of the House he was and that beyond all sayin' | H |
| Eh the times I've heard him exhortin' from his chair | I |
| The like of any Bishop yet snappin' off his prayin' | H |
| To put the curse on Phelan's dog for howlin' in the prayer | I |
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| The times I've seen him walkin' out like Solomon in glory | J |
| Salutin' with great elegance the gentry he might meet | K |
| An eye for every pretty girl an ear for every story | J |
| And takin' as his just deserts the middle of the street | K |
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| Master of the House with much to love and be forgiven | H |
| Yet thinkin' of Himself to day Himself I see him go | D |
| With that old light step of his across the Courts of Heaven | H |
| His hat a little sideways and his stick held so | D |
Theodosia Garrison
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