The Dying Christian To His Soul Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEEFF GGBHIBVital spark of heav'nly flame | A |
Quit oh quit this mortal frame | A |
Trembling hoping ling'ring flying | B |
Oh the pain the bliss of dying | B |
Cease fond Nature cease thy strife | C |
And let me languish into life | C |
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Hark they whisper Angels say | D |
Sister Spirit come away | D |
What is this absorbs me quite | E |
Steals my senses shuts my sight | E |
Drowns my spirits draws my breath | F |
Tell me my Soul can this be Death | F |
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The world recedes it disappears | G |
Heav'n opens on my eyes my ears | G |
With sounds seraphic ring | B |
Lend lend your wings I mount I fly | H |
O Grave where is thy Victory | I |
O Death where is thy Sting | B |
Alexander Pope
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