Of Him That Was Ready To Perish Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBA CDDC EAAE FGGF HAAH IJJI AKKA LAAL| Lord I am waiting weeping watching for Thee | A |
| My youth and hope lie by me buried and dead | B |
| My wandering love hath not where to lay its head | B |
| Except Thou say Come to Me | A |
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| My noon is ended abolished from life and light | C |
| My noon is ended ended and done away | D |
| My sun went down in the hours that still were day | D |
| And my lingering day is night | C |
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| How long O Lord how long in my desperate pain | E |
| Shall I weep and watch shall I weep and long for Thee | A |
| Is Thy grace ended Thy love cut off from me | A |
| How long shall I long in vain | E |
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| O God Who before the beginning hast seen the end | F |
| Who hast made me flesh and blood not frost and not fire | G |
| Who hast filled me full of needs and love and desire | G |
| And a heart that craves a friend | F |
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| Who hast said Come to Me and I will give thee rest | H |
| Who hast said Take on thee My yoke and learn of Me | A |
| Who calledst a little child to come to Thee | A |
| And pillowedst John on Thy breast | H |
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| Who spak'st to women that followed Thee sorrowing | I |
| Bidding them weep for themselves and weep for their own | J |
| Who didst welcome the outlaw adoring Thee all alone | J |
| And plight Thy word as a King | I |
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| By Thy love of these and of all that ever shall be | A |
| By Thy love of these and of all the born and unborn | K |
| Turn Thy gracious eyes on me and think no scorn | K |
| Of me not even of me | A |
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| Beside Thy Cross I hang on my cross in shame | L |
| My wounds weakness extremity cry to Thee | A |
| Bid me also to Paradise also me | A |
| For the glory of Thy Name | L |
Christina Rossetti
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