When My Heart Is Vexed, I Will Complain Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAAA CDDCEE AFFAGG HIIHJK ALLAMM NOONAA| O Lord how canst Thou say Thou lovest me | A |
| Me whom thou settest in a barren land | B |
| Hungry and thirsty on the burning sand | B |
| Hungry and thirsty where no waters be | A |
| Nor shadows of date bearing tree | A |
| O Lord how canst Thou say Thou lovest me | A |
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| I came from Edom by as parched a track | C |
| As rough a track beneath My bleeding feet | D |
| I came from Edom seeking thee and sweet | D |
| I counted bitterness I turned not back | C |
| But counted life as death and trod | E |
| The winepress all alone and I am God | E |
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| Yet Lord how canst Thou say Thou lovest me | A |
| For Thou art strong to comfort and could I | F |
| But comfort one I love who like to die | F |
| Lifts feeble hands and eyes that fail to see | A |
| In one last prayer for comfort nay | G |
| I could not stand aside or turn away | G |
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| Alas thou knowest that for thee I died | H |
| For thee I thirsted with the dying thirst | I |
| I Blessed for thy sake was counted cursed | I |
| In sight of men and angels crucified | H |
| All this and more I bore to prove | J |
| My love and wilt thou yet mistrust My love | K |
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| Lord I am fain to think Thou lovest me | A |
| For Thou art all in all and I am Thine | L |
| And lo Thy love is better than new wine | L |
| And I am sick of love in loving Thee | A |
| But dost Thou love me speak and save | M |
| For jealousy is cruel as the grave | M |
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| Nay if thy love is not an empty breath | N |
| My love is as thine own deep answers deep | O |
| Peace peace I give to my beloved sleep | O |
| Not death but sleep for love is strong as death | N |
| Take patience sweet thy sleep shall be | A |
| Yea thou shalt wake in Paradise with Me | A |
Christina Rossetti
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