Supplication Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDEDF AGAGHFHF AIAIJFJF KLKLMFMF NGNGOFOF PQPQRFRF STSTUFUF ACACVFVF| For He knoweth our frame He remembereth that we are dust PSALM CIII | A |
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| Oh Lord when all our bones are thrust | B |
| Beyond the gaze of all but Thine | C |
| And these blaspheming tongues are dust | B |
| Which babbled of Thy name divine | C |
| How helpless then to carp or rail | D |
| Against the canons of Thy word | E |
| Wilt Thou when thus our spirits fail | D |
| Have mercy Lord | F |
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| Here from this ebon speck that floats | A |
| As but a mote within Thine eye | G |
| Vain sneers and curses from our throats | A |
| Rise to the vault of Thy fair sky | G |
| Yet when this world of ours is still | H |
| Of this all wondering tortured horde | F |
| And none is left for Thee to kill | H |
| Have mercy Lord | F |
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| Thou knowest that our flesh is grass | A |
| Ah let our withered souls remain | I |
| Like stricken reeds of some morass | A |
| Bleached in Thy will by ceaseless rain | I |
| Have we not had enough of fire | J |
| Enough of torment and the sword | F |
| If these accrue from Thy desire | J |
| Have mercy Lord | F |
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| Dost Thou not see about our feet | K |
| The tangles of our erring thought | L |
| Thou knowest that we run to greet | K |
| High hopes that vanish into naught | L |
| We bleed we fall we rise again | M |
| How can we be of Thee abhorred | F |
| We are Thy breed we little men | M |
| Have mercy Lord | F |
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| Wilt Thou then slay for that we slay | N |
| Wilt Thou deny when we deny | G |
| A thousand years are but a day | N |
| A little day within Thine eye | G |
| We thirst for love we yearn for life | O |
| We lust wilt Thou the lust record | F |
| We beaten fall upon the knife | O |
| Have mercy Lord | F |
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| Thou givest us youth that turns to age | P |
| And strength that leaves us while we seek | Q |
| Thou pourest the fire of sacred rage | P |
| In costly vessels all too weak | Q |
| Great works we planned in hopes that Thou | R |
| Fit wisdom therefor wouldst accord | F |
| Thou wrotest failure on our brow | R |
| Have mercy Lord | F |
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| Could we but know as Thou dost know | S |
| Hold the whole scheme at once in mind | T |
| Yet dost Thou watch our anxious woe | S |
| Who piece with palsied hands and blind | T |
| The fragments of our little plan | U |
| To thrive and earn Thy blest reward | F |
| And make and keep the world of man | U |
| Have mercy Lord | F |
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| Thou settest the sun within his place | A |
| To light the world the world is Thine | C |
| Put in our hands and through Thy grace | A |
| To be subdued and made divine | C |
| Whether we serve Thee ill or well | V |
| Thou knowest our frame nor canst afford | F |
| To leave Thy own for long in hell | V |
| Have mercy Lord | F |
Edgar Lee Masters
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