The New Jerusalem Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKLK JMIM NBCB JOJO FPQP RSTS TTTT ABTB| Jerusalem my happy home | A |
| When shall I come to thee | B |
| When shall my sorrows have an end | C |
| Thy joys when shall I see | B |
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| O happy harbour of the Saints | D |
| O sweet and pleasant soil | E |
| In thee no sorrow may be found | F |
| No grief no care no toil | E |
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| There lust and lucre cannot dwell | G |
| There envy bears no sway | H |
| There is no hunger heat nor cold | I |
| But pleasure every way | H |
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| Thy walls are made of precious stones | J |
| Thy bulwarks diamonds square | K |
| Thy gates are of right orient pearl | L |
| Exceeding rich and rare | K |
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| Thy turrets and thy pinnacles | J |
| With carbuncles do shine | M |
| Thy very streets are paved with gold | I |
| Surpassing clear and fine | M |
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| Ah my sweet home Jerusalem | N |
| Would God I were in thee | B |
| Would God my woes were at an end | C |
| Thy joys that I might see | B |
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| Thy gardens and thy gallant walks | J |
| Continually are green | O |
| There grows such sweet and pleasant flowers | J |
| As nowhere else are seen | O |
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| Quite through the streets with silver sound | F |
| The flood of Life doth flow | P |
| Upon whose banks on every side | Q |
| The wood of Life doth grow | P |
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| There trees for evermore bear fruit | R |
| And evermore do spring | S |
| There evermore the angels sit | T |
| And evermore do sing | S |
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| Our Lady sings Magnificat | T |
| With tones surpassing sweet | T |
| And all the virgins bear their part | T |
| Sitting about her feet | T |
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| Jerusalem my happy home | A |
| Would God I were in thee | B |
| Would God my woes were at an end | T |
| Thy joys that I might see | B |
Anonymous
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