The Dying Christian To His Soul Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEEFF GGBHIB| Vital 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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