World's Worth Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCDDCEEEAAFFGHHGII IA AJKLMMNOOOO| 'TIS of the Father Hilary | A |
| He strove but could not pray so took | B |
| The steep coiled stair where his feet shook | B |
| A sad blind echo Ever up | C |
| He toiled 'Twas a sick sway of air | D |
| That autumn noon within the stair | D |
| As dizzy as a turning cup | C |
| His brain benumbed him void and thin | E |
| He shut his eyes and felt it spin | E |
| The obscure deafness hemmed him in | E |
| He said O world what world for me | A |
| He leaned unto the balcony | A |
| Where the chime keeps the night and day | F |
| It hurt his brain he could not pray | F |
| He had his face upon the stone | G |
| Deep 'twixt the narrow shafts his eye | H |
| Passed all the roofs to the stark sky | H |
| Swept with no wing with wind alone | G |
| Close to his feet the sky did shake | I |
| With wind in pools that the rains make | I |
| The ripple set his eyes to ache | I |
| He said O world what world for me | A |
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| He stood within the mystery | A |
| Girding God's blessed Eucharist | J |
| The organ and the chaunt had ceas'd | K |
| The last words paused against his ear | L |
| Said from the altar drawn round him | M |
| The gathering rest was dumb and dim | M |
| And now the sacring bell rang clear | N |
| And ceased and all was awe the breath | O |
| Of God in man that warranteth | O |
| The inmost utmost things of faith | O |
| He said O God my world in Thee | O |
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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