Saint Elizabeth Of Bohemia Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCCBBDDBEEFFCC A DGG H IDJJKKLL| I | A |
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| I NEVER lay me down to sleep at night | B |
| But in my heart I sing that little song | C |
| The angels hear it as a pitying throng | C |
| They touch my burning lids with fingers bright | B |
| As moonbeams pale impalpable and light | B |
| And when my daily pious tasks are done | D |
| And all my patient prayers said one by one | D |
| God hears it Seems it sinful in His sight | B |
| That round my slow burnt offering of quenched will | E |
| One quivering human sigh creeps wind like still | E |
| That when my orisons celestial fail | F |
| Rises one note of natural human wail | F |
| Dear lord spouse hero martyr saint erelong | C |
| I trust God will forgive my singing that poor song | C |
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| II | A |
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| A YEAR ago I bade my little son | D |
| Bear upon pilgrimage a heavy load | G |
| Of alms he cried half fainting on the road | G |
| 'Mother O mother would the day were done ' | - |
| Him I reproved with tears and said 'Go on | H |
| Nor pause nor murmur till thy task be o'er ' | - |
| Would not God say to me the same and more | I |
| I will not sing that song Thou dearest one | D |
| Husband no brother stretch thy steadfast hand | J |
| And let mine grasp it Now I also stand | J |
| My woman weakness nerved to strength like thine | K |
| We'll quaff life's aloe cup as if 't were wine | K |
| Each to the other journeying on apart | L |
| Till at heaven's golden doors we two leap heart to heart | L |
Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
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