Martyrs' Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEEFFGGHH IIJKLLMMNN OOPPQRSTUU VVWWXX YYHHZZ HHA2A2VV HHB2B2C2C2D2E2| We meet in joy though we part in sorrow | A |
| We part to night but we meet to morrow | A |
| Be it flood or blood the path that's trod | B |
| All the same it leads home to God | B |
| Be it furnace fire voluminous | C |
| One like God's Son will walk with us | C |
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| What are these that glow from afar | D |
| These that lean over the golden bar | D |
| Strong as the lion pure as the dove | E |
| With open arms and hearts of love | E |
| They the blessed ones gone before | F |
| They the blessed for evermore | F |
| Out of great tribulation they went | G |
| Home to their home of Heaven content | G |
| Through flood or blood or furnace fire | H |
| To the rest that fulfils desire | H |
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| What are these that fly as a cloud | I |
| With flashing heads and faces bowed | I |
| In their mouths a victorious psalm | J |
| In their hands a robe and palm | K |
| Welcoming angels these that shine | L |
| Your own angel and yours and mine | L |
| Who have hedged us both day and night | M |
| On the left hand and the right | M |
| Who have watched us both night and day | N |
| Because the devil keeps watch to slay | N |
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| Light above light and Bliss beyond bliss | O |
| Whom words cannot utter lo Who is This | O |
| As a King with many crowns He stands | P |
| And our names are graven upon His hands | P |
| As a Priest with God uplifted eyes | Q |
| He offers for us His sacrifice | R |
| As the Lamb of God for sinners slain | S |
| That we too may live He lives again | T |
| As our Champion behold Him stand | U |
| Strong to save us at God's Right Hand | U |
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| God the Father give us grace | V |
| To walk in the light of Jesus' Face | V |
| God the Son give us a part | W |
| In the hiding place of Jesus' Heart | W |
| God the Spirit so hold us up | X |
| That we may drink of Jesus' cup | X |
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| Death is short and life is long | Y |
| Satan is strong but Christ more strong | Y |
| At His Word Who hath led us hither | H |
| The Red Sea must part hither and thither | H |
| As His Word Who goes before us too | Z |
| Jordan must cleave to let us through | Z |
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| Yet one pang searching and sore | H |
| And then Heaven for evermore | H |
| Yet one moment awful and dark | A2 |
| Then safety within the Veil and the Ark | A2 |
| Yet one effort by Christ His grace | V |
| Then Christ for ever face to face | V |
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| God the Father we will adore | H |
| In Jesus' Name now and evermore | H |
| God the Son we will love and thank | B2 |
| In this flood and on the further bank | B2 |
| God the Holy Ghost we will praise | C2 |
| In Jesus' Name through endless days | C2 |
| God Almighty God Three in One | D2 |
| God Almighty God alone | E2 |
Christina Georgina Rossetti
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