When Brother Peetree Prayed Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDEFFGG HEIEJKJKLLGG DMDMNDNDOPGG| TWAS a sleepy little chapel by a wattled hill erected | A |
| Where the storms were always muffled and an atmosphere of peace | B |
| Hung about beneath the gum trees and the garden was respected | C |
| By the goats from Billybunga and the washer woman s geese | B |
| In the week days it was sacred to my young imagination | D |
| From its walls there oozed a sentiment of reverence profound | E |
| And on Sabbath morns the murmuring of the childish congregation | D |
| Seemed to spread a benediction in the bush land far around | E |
| But when Brother Peetree prayed all the parrots flew dismayed | F |
| And the hill shook to its centre and the trees and fences swayed | F |
| And we youngsters heard the rumble of the Day of Judgment there | G |
| When the pious superintendent wrestled manfully in prayer | G |
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| They were horny handed Methodists and men of scanty knowledge | H |
| Who controlled that little corner of the vine yard by the pound | E |
| Their theology was not the kind that s warranted at college | I |
| But their faith was most abundant and their gospel always sound | E |
| Brother Peetree was a miner at the Band of Hope His leisure | J |
| He employed in sticking porkers for his neighbours and his skill | K |
| Was a theme of admiration but his soul s sublimest pleasure | J |
| Was to speak a prayer on Sunday in the chapel neath the hill | K |
| Froze the marrow in our bones at the sound of hollow groans | L |
| And the shrieks of moral anguish and the awful thunder tones | L |
| And we saw the Hell fire burning and we smelt it in the air | G |
| When dear Brother Peetree struggled with the Lord of Hosts in prayer | G |
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| Brother Peetree always started with a murmured supplication | D |
| Knelt beside a form serenely with a meek submissive face | M |
| But he rose by certain stages to a rolling exhortation | D |
| And a wild ecstatic bellowing for sanctity and grace | M |
| And he threw his arms to heaven and the seats went down before him | N |
| As he fought his way along the aisle and prayed with might and main | D |
| With hysterical beseechings Then a sudden peace fell o er him | N |
| And he finished sobbing softly at his starting point again | D |
| And the elders to their ears pale with reverential fears | O |
| And the sisters and the choir indulged in hot repentant tears | P |
| And the sinners for salvation did with eagerness declare | G |
| When beloved Brother Peetree wrestled mightily in prayer | G |
Edward George Dyson
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