St. Barnabas Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CDDCCDDCEAFEGA| Now when we had discovered Cyprus we left it on the left hand Acts xxi | A |
| We sailed under Cyprus because the winds were contrary Acts xxvii | B |
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| St Barnabas with John his sister's son | C |
| Set sail for Cyprus leaving in their wake | D |
| That chosen Vessel who for Jesus' sake | D |
| Proclaimed the Gentiles and the Jews at one | C |
| Divided while united each must run | C |
| His mighty course not hell should overtake | D |
| And pressing toward the mark must own the ache | D |
| Of love and sigh for heaven not yet begun | C |
| For saints in life long exile yearn to touch | E |
| Warm human hands and commune face to face | A |
| But these we know not ever met again | F |
| Yet once St Paul at distance overmuch | E |
| Just sighted Cyprus and once more in vain | G |
| Neared it and passed not there his landing place | A |
Christina Rossetti
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