Songs Of Joy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKLM NOPO AQNR| Sing out my soul thy songs of joy | A |
| Sing as a happy bird will sing | B |
| Beneath a rainbow's lovely arch | C |
| In the spring | B |
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| Think not of death in thy young days | D |
| Why shouldst thou that grim tyrant fear | E |
| And fear him not when thou art old | F |
| And he is near | E |
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| Strive not for gold for greedy fools | G |
| Measure themselves by poor men never | H |
| Their standard still being richer men | I |
| Makes them poor ever | H |
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| Train up thy mind to feel content | J |
| What matters then how low thy store | K |
| What we enjoy and not possess | L |
| Makes rich or poor | M |
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| Filled with sweet thought then happy I | N |
| Take not my state from other's eyes | O |
| What's in my mind not on my flesh | P |
| Or theirs I prize | O |
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| Sing happy soul thy songs of joy | A |
| Such as a Brook sings in the wood | Q |
| That all night has been strengthened by | N |
| Heaven's purer flood | R |
William Henry Davies
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