All-saints' Day (1868) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF ECEC GHGH ECEC EIEJ BDBD| Never to weary more nor suffer sorrow | A |
| Their strife all over and their work all done | B |
| At peace and only waiting for the morrow | A |
| Heaven's rest and rapture even now begun | B |
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| So tired once long fetter'd sorely burden'd | C |
| Ye struggled hard and well for your release | D |
| Ye fought in faith and love and ye are guerdon'd | C |
| O happy souls for now ye are at peace | D |
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| No more of pain no more of bitter weeping | E |
| For us a darkness and an empty place | F |
| Somewhere a little dust in angels' keeping | E |
| A bless d memory of a vanish'd face | F |
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| For us the lonely path the daily toiling | E |
| The din and strife of battle never still'd | C |
| For us the wounds the hunger and the soiling | E |
| The utter speechless longing unfulfill'd | C |
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| For us the army camp'd upon the mountains | G |
| Unseen yet fighting with our Syrian foes | H |
| The heaven sent manna and the wayside fountains | G |
| The hope and promise sweetening our woes | H |
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| For them the joyous spirit freely ranging | E |
| Green hills and fields where never mortal trod | C |
| For them the light unfading and unchanging | E |
| The perfect quietness the peace of God | C |
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| For both a dim mysterious distant greeting | E |
| For both at Jesus' cross a drawing near | I |
| At Eucharistic gate a blessed meeting | E |
| When angels and archangels worship here | J |
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| For both God grant an everlasting union | B |
| When sin shall pass away and tears shall cease | D |
| For both the deep and full and true communion | B |
| For both the happy life that is at peace | D |
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