Sursum Corda Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBA CCDDD EEFFF GGHHH IJKKK| Weary hearts weary hearts by the cares of life oppressed | A |
| Ye are wand'ring in the shadows ye are sighing for a rest | A |
| There is darkness in the heavens and the earth is bleak below | B |
| And the joys we taste to day may to morrow turn to woe | B |
| Weary hearts God is Rest | A |
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| Lonely hearts lonely hearts this is but a land of grief | C |
| Ye are pining for repose ye are longing for relief | C |
| What the world hath never given kneel and ask of God above | D |
| And your grief shall turn to gladness if you lean upon His love | D |
| Lonely hearts God is Love | D |
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| Restless hearts restless hearts ye are toiling night and day | E |
| And the flowers of life all withered leave but thorns along your way | E |
| Ye are waiting ye are waiting till your toilings all shall cease | F |
| And your ev'ry restless beating is a sad sad prayer for peace | F |
| Restless hearts God is Peace | F |
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| Breaking hearts broken hearts ye are desolate and lone | G |
| And low voices from the past o'er your present ruins moan | G |
| In the sweetest of your pleasures there was bitterest alloy | H |
| And a starless night hath followed on the sunset of your joy | H |
| Broken hearts God is Joy | H |
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| Homeless hearts homeless hearts through the dreary dreary years | I |
| Ye are lonely lonely wand'rers and your way is wet with tears | J |
| In bright or blighted places wheresoever ye may roam | K |
| Ye look away from earth land and ye murmur Where is home | K |
| Homeless hearts God is Home | K |
Abram Joseph Ryan
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