A Te Deum Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLLL MLML NMNM LOLO PLPL LMLM QRQR LSLS TUTU MMMM VWVX MMMM ULUL MLML LBLB| Now let me praise the Lord | A |
| The Lord the Maker of all | B |
| I will praise Him on timbrel and chord | A |
| Will praise Him whatever befall | B |
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| For the Heavens are His and the Earth | C |
| His are the wind and the wave | D |
| His the begetting the birth | C |
| And His the jaws of the grave | D |
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| 'Tis He that hath made us not we | E |
| We were dust and slime of the ground | F |
| He breathed on the dark and we see | E |
| He flooded the silence with sound | F |
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| Shall I pick and choose for His praise | G |
| Shall I thank Him for good not ill | H |
| He is the Ancient of Days | G |
| And He hews the rocks as He will | H |
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| So I praise Thee O Lord for the good | I |
| For the ill for the weal for the woe | J |
| For the cushat that coos in the wood | I |
| And the wolves that howl in the snow | J |
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| For the close fitting doors that are barred | K |
| Lest the vagrant should whine for bread | L |
| And the yawn of the slinking pard | L |
| That hath gorged and surfeited | L |
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| For the owl that jibbers and blinks | M |
| In the arches the Flavian planned | L |
| And the stare of the stony Sphynx | M |
| O'er the ribs of the fleshless sand | L |
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| What is there Thou hast done | N |
| I will not thank for and praise | M |
| Thanks for the sands that are run | N |
| Thanks for the unborn days | M |
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| For the stealthy mildew and blight | L |
| That shows on the mellowing corn | O |
| And the bankrupt that wakes at night | L |
| And weeps o'er the day he was born | O |
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| For the fears and the years that are null | P |
| And the hopes Thou dost bring to nought | L |
| And the worm thridden ways of the skull | P |
| In which Shakespeare thought | L |
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| How shall I thank Thee O Lord | L |
| For Thy infinite ways and deeds | M |
| For the edge of the cleaving sword | L |
| And the neigh of riderless steeds | M |
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| The murderous glitter and tramp | Q |
| And the lives that are mown like grain | R |
| The cheers of the victors' camp | Q |
| And the clammy sleep of the slain | R |
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| The laurels and loves that await | L |
| The Hero returned from the strife | S |
| And the widows that stand at the gate | L |
| Loveless and lonely for life | S |
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| Thanks for all things that are | T |
| For the fair the foul the fell | U |
| Thanks for the Morning star | T |
| And the nethermost murk of Hell | U |
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| For the music of moonlight nights | M |
| And the savour of summer days | M |
| For the swoop of carrion kites | M |
| And the stench of gibbeted jays | M |
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| The soft ripples that laugh in the bay | V |
| The soft shadows that sweep o'er the moor | W |
| And the plunge of the tides at their prey | V |
| When they level the homes of the poor | X |
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| Lift up your throats ye waves | M |
| Swell out your voice ye hills | M |
| Thank for the chance that saves | M |
| Thank for the flash that kills | M |
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| For the bliss of a dewy dell | U |
| When lover and maiden meet | L |
| And the venal kisses they sell | U |
| In the shade of the lamp lit street | L |
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| For the tumult of hopes and fears | M |
| When the bridegroom steals to his bride | L |
| And the coldness born of the years | M |
| Though they still lie side by side | L |
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| Praise we praise we the Lord | L |
| The Lord the Maker of all | B |
| Praise Him on timbrel and chord | L |
| Praise Him whatever befall | B |
Alfred Austin
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