A Blessing Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCB DDEFFE DDGHHG IIEBJE KLMIIM FFNOON PPQRRQ SSTUUT AABCCB| Be you near or be you far | A |
| Let my blessing like a star | A |
| Shine upon you everywhere | B |
| And in each lone evening hour | C |
| When the twilight folds the flower | C |
| I will fold thy name in prayer | B |
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| In the dark and in the day | D |
| To my heart you know the way | D |
| Sorrow's pale hand keeps the key | E |
| In your sorrow or your sin | F |
| You may always enter in | F |
| I will keep a place for thee | E |
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| If God's blessing pass away | D |
| From your spirit if you stray | D |
| From his presence do not wait | G |
| Come to my heart for I keep | H |
| For the hearts that wail and weep | H |
| Ever opened wide a gate | G |
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| In your joys to others go | I |
| When your feet walk ways of woe | I |
| Only then come back to me | E |
| I will give you tear for tear | B |
| And our tears shall more endear | J |
| Thee to me and me to thee | E |
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| For I make my heart the home | K |
| Of all hearts in grief that come | L |
| Seeking refuge and a rest | M |
| Do not fear me for you know | I |
| Be your footsteps e'er so low | I |
| I know yours of all the best | M |
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| Once you came and you brought sin | F |
| Did not my hand lead you in | F |
| Into God's heart thro' my own | N |
| Did not my voice speak a word | O |
| You for years had never heard | O |
| Mystic word in Mercy's tone | N |
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| And a grace fell on your brow | P |
| And I heard your murmured vow | P |
| When I whispered Go in peace | Q |
| Go in peace and sin no more | R |
| Did you not touch Mercy's shore | R |
| Did not sin's wild tempest cease | Q |
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| Go then thou art good and pure | S |
| If thou e'er shouldst fall be sure | S |
| Back to me thy footsteps trace | T |
| In my heart for year and year | U |
| Be thou far away or near | U |
| I shall keep for thee a place | T |
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| Yes I bless you near or far | A |
| And my blessing like a star | A |
| Shall shine on you everywhere | B |
| And in many a holy hour | C |
| As the sunshine folds the flower | C |
| I will fold thy heart in prayer | B |
Abram Joseph Ryan
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