Sacrament Hymn Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDEDFGFGHIHIJKJL| ON a fair Sabbath day when His banquet is spread | A |
| It is pleasant to feast with my Lord | B |
| His stewards stand robed at the foot and the head | A |
| Of the soul filling life giving board | B |
| All the guests here had burthens but by the King's grant | C |
| We left them behind when we came | D |
| The burthen of wealth and the burthen of want | E |
| And even the burthen of shame | D |
| And oh when we take them again at the gate | F |
| Though still we must bear them awhile | G |
| Much smaller they'll seem in the lane that grows strait | F |
| And much lighter to lift at the stile | G |
| For that which is in us is life to the heart | H |
| Is dew to the soles of the feet | I |
| Fresh strength to the loins giving ease from their smart | H |
| Warmth in frost and a breeze in the heat | I |
| No feast where the belly alone hath its fill | J |
| He gives me His body and blood | K |
| The blood and the body I'll think of it still | J |
| Of my Lord which is Christ which is God | L |
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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