The Monk Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EF GHGH IJIK LMLN| WHEN in my narrow cell I lie | A |
| The long day's penance done at last | B |
| I see the ghosts of days gone by | A |
| And hear the voices of the past | B |
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| I see the blue gray wood smoke curled | C |
| From hearths where life has rhymed to love | D |
| I see the kingdoms of the world | C |
| The glory and the power thereof | D |
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| And cry 'Ah vainly have I striven ' | - |
| And then a voice calls soft and low | E |
| 'Thou gavest My Earth to win My Heaven | F |
| But Heaven on Earth thou mayest not know ' | - |
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| It is not for Thy Heaven O Lord | G |
| That I renounced Thy pleasant earth | H |
| The ship the furrow and the sword | G |
| The dreams of death the dreams of birth | H |
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| Weary of vigil fast and prayer | I |
| Weak in my hope and in my faith | J |
| O Christ for whom this cross I bear | I |
| Meet me beside the gate of Death | K |
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| When the night comes then let me rest | L |
| O Christ who sanctifiest pain | M |
| Falling asleep upon Thy breast | L |
| And if Thou wilt wake never again | N |
Edith Nesbit
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