Johannes Ronge Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHIIJJ AAAAKKGGLLMMNNKKOOAK AAAKAAPPAAKKAAKKAAAA KKQQRRKK| Silesian shepherd blesed be | A |
| The sequel of that history | A |
| That I have read with heart elate | B |
| Entwining it with my own fate | B |
| So dear to me the visions seem | C |
| That thou oh child unknown didst dream | C |
| In earliest days on mountain wild | D |
| How dreadful spirits sternly smiled | D |
| And prophecied thy future days | E |
| And pointed out untrodden ways | E |
| And gave thee weapons strong good | F |
| As the wierd lady of the Wood | F |
| To young St George Must I compare | G |
| With those dove winged guardians fair | G |
| Who to the little English maid | H |
| In crowded streets brief visits paid | H |
| For in the year that gave me birth | I |
| Didst thou appear upon this earth | I |
| And we have wandered far wide | J |
| Seeking for truth on every side | J |
| Sweet dreadful spirits strengthed thee | A |
| Into a noble destiny | A |
| Sweet smiling angels sang to me | A |
| Strains full of love and mystery | A |
| Yet know I not what I should do | K |
| In worship of the good true | K |
| Oh gentle shepherd dost thou wear | G |
| Meek flowers on thy waving hair | G |
| And dost thou pipe a simple song | L |
| And love thy flock the whole day long | L |
| Or stately shepherd comest thou | M |
| With flaming signs around thy brow | M |
| And God's commandment in thy hand | N |
| And dost thou read understand | N |
| Deliverer for the good true | K |
| Within one day what shall we do | K |
| How shall we build the mystic shrine | O |
| What symbols shall be thine mine | O |
| Tell modern priest what robes should be | A |
| Emblems of richest charty | K |
| What consecrations may there be | A |
| What hope what faith what mystery | A |
| And wilt thou walk thy people thro' | A |
| And sprinkle us with heavenly dew | K |
| And shall we from the sacred door | A |
| Go forth search the parish o'er | A |
| And mark what evil there is done | P |
| And give some remedy each one | P |
| A cup of water if no more | A |
| As thou hast purified before | A |
| With graceful step action bland | K |
| Shall we with schemes of duty planned | K |
| By wisest hearts walk daily thro' | A |
| With serious step devout true | A |
| Our spirits may in deepest rest | K |
| Sleep softly on the Savior's breast | K |
| Permit it not dear Lord that we | A |
| Should ever fall from loving thee | A |
| Countless I trust the spirits be | A |
| Who rest upon thee lovingly | A |
| The holy Mary beauteous light | K |
| Who gazes on her face aright | K |
| I think the world has yet to turn | Q |
| Their looks toward her eyes learn | Q |
| There may they read of things unknown | R |
| And make rare wonders all their own | R |
| Canst thou within that house of gold | K |
| Oh shepherd thy poor lambkins fold | K |
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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