San Lorenzo Giustiniani's Mother Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBA CDEEC FFGGF HHIIH JJHHJ| I had not seen my son's dear face | A |
| He chose the cloister by God's grace | A |
| Since it had come to full flower time | B |
| I hardly guessed at its perfect prime | B |
| That folded flower of his dear face | A |
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| Mine eyes were veiled by mists of tears | C |
| When on a day in many years | D |
| One of his Order came I thrilled | E |
| Facing I thought that face fulfilled | E |
| I doubted for my mists of tears | C |
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| His blessing be with me for ever | F |
| My hope and doubt were hard to sever | F |
| That altered face those holy weeds | G |
| I filled his wallet and kissed his beads | G |
| And lost his echoing feet for ever | F |
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| If to my son my alms were given | H |
| I know not and I wait for Heaven | H |
| He did not plead for child of mine | I |
| But for another Child divine | I |
| And unto Him it was surely given | H |
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| There is One alone who cannot change | J |
| Dreams are we shadows visions strange | J |
| And all I give is given to One | H |
| I might mistake my dearest son | H |
| But never the Son who cannot change | J |
Alice Christiana Thompson Meynell
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