Echoes From Galilee Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFF DGDGHH DIDIBB FJFJKK BLBMNN OPQPRS TUTTVV WTXTTT YTZTTT A2TA2TA2T TTTTB2B2 A2B2A2B2LC2 A2B2B2B2B2B2 B2YB2YB2B2 A2YA2ZD2D2 B2GB2D2E2E2 D2A2A2A2D2D2 YA2YB2A2A2 YB2ZB2A2A2| What means this gathering multitude | A |
| Upon thy shores O Galilee | B |
| As various as the billows rude | A |
| That sweep thy ever restless sea | B |
| Can but the mandate of a King | C |
| So varied an assemblage bring | C |
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| Behold the noble rich and great | D |
| From Levite Pharisee and Priest | E |
| Down to the lowest dregs of fate | D |
| From mightiest even to the least | E |
| Yes in this motley throng we find | F |
| The palsied sick mute halt and blind | F |
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| Is this some grand affair of state | D |
| A coronation or display | G |
| By some vainglorious potentate | D |
| Or can this concourse mark the day | G |
| Of some victorious hero's march | H |
| Homeward through triumphal arch | H |
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| Or have they come to celebrate | D |
| Some sacred sacerdotal rite | I |
| By civic feast to emulate | D |
| Some deed on history's pages bright | I |
| Or can this grand occasion be | B |
| Some battle's anniversary | B |
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| But wherefore come the halt and blind | F |
| What comfort can the pain distressed | J |
| In such a tumult hope to find | F |
| What is there here to offer rest | J |
| To those whom adverse fate has hurled | K |
| Dismantled on a hostile world | K |
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| Let us approach A form we see | B |
| Fairest beyond comparison | L |
| For such an heavenly purity | B |
| From other eyes hath never shown | M |
| Nor such a calm majestic brow | N |
| On earth hath ne'er appeared till now | N |
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| Draw nearer Lo a voice we hear | O |
| Resonant soft pathetic sweet | P |
| In ringing accents calm and clear | Q |
| He sways the thousands at his feet | P |
| With more than mortal eloquence | R |
| Or man's compassion in his glance | S |
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| Ah Strange that such a form should stand | T |
| In raiment soiled and travel stained | U |
| Yes mark the contour of that hand | T |
| A hand by menial toil profaned | T |
| Can one from such a station reach | V |
| All classes by sheer force of speech | V |
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| Can eloquence from mortal tongue | W |
| Break through the barriers which divide | T |
| The toiling and down trodden throng | X |
| From affluence and official pride | T |
| Then how can yonder speaker hold | T |
| An audience so manifold | T |
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| He spake as never orator | Y |
| Before or since with burning thought | T |
| In parable and metaphor | Z |
| Each simple illustration taught | T |
| Some sacred truth some truth which could | T |
| By sage or fool be understood | T |
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| With similes of common things | A2 |
| The lilies of the field the salt | T |
| Which lost its savour gently brings | A2 |
| A lesson from the common fault | T |
| Of self admiring Pharisee | A2 |
| Of ostentatious piety | T |
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| And from the prostrate penitent | T |
| The Publican who beat his breast | T |
| Remorsefully his garment rent | T |
| And thus with tears his sin confessed | T |
| Lord Lord a sinner vile am I | B2 |
| Be merciful and hear my cry | B2 |
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| And from that man beset by thieves | A2 |
| And left upon the road to die | B2 |
| No aid or comfort he receives | A2 |
| From Priest or Levite passing by | B2 |
| How the despised Samaritan | L |
| Proved the true neighbor to that man | C2 |
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| Yes finished with such fervency | A2 |
| Of gesture and similitude | B2 |
| Such depths of love and purity | B2 |
| His hearers marvelled as they stood | B2 |
| Nor through his discourse was there heard | B2 |
| Abusive vain or idle word | B2 |
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| Who may this wondrous speaker be | B2 |
| Is he some judge or orator | Y |
| Some one in high authority | B2 |
| Physician prince or conqueror | Y |
| Answer thou ever restless sea | B2 |
| Who may this wondrous person be | B2 |
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| With echoes soft the sea replies | A2 |
| This is a Judge and Orator | Y |
| A Judge beyond all judges wise | A2 |
| And eloquent as none before | Z |
| A Judge majestic calm serene | D2 |
| And yet an humble Nazarene | D2 |
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| He is a Ruler whose command | B2 |
| The myriads of the skies obey | G |
| As in the hollow of His hand | B2 |
| He holds all human destiny | D2 |
| The tempest wild concedes his will | E2 |
| And calms before His Peace be still | E2 |
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| A great Physician too is He | D2 |
| Whose word the leper purifies | A2 |
| The mute converse the blind ones see | A2 |
| At his command the dead arise | A2 |
| He cures the ravages of sin | D2 |
| And makes the foulest sinner clean | D2 |
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| He is a Prince a Prince whose power | Y |
| Knows neither limit nor degree | A2 |
| Whose glory not the passing hour | Y |
| Nor cycles of futurity | B2 |
| Can augment alter or decrease | A2 |
| Prince is He the Prince of Peace | A2 |
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| He is earth's greatest Conqueror | Y |
| But conquers not with crimson sword | B2 |
| Love is the weapon of His war | Z |
| Forgiveness and gentle word | B2 |
| But greatest of all victories | A2 |
| O'er the dark grave His banner flies | A2 |
Alfred Castner King
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