Farewell Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDAEA FGAGHIEI JKLKMAEA ENENOAEA DHMHMAEA| Fare thee well we've no wish to detain thee | A |
| For the loved ones are bidding thee come | B |
| And we know a bright welcome awaits thee | A |
| In the smiles and the sunshine of home | C |
| Thou art safe on the crest of the billow | D |
| And safe in the depths of the sea | A |
| For the God we have worshipped together | E |
| Is Almighty and careth for thee | A |
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| And when in the home of thy fathers | F |
| Thy fervent petition shall rise | G |
| For the loved who are circling around thee | A |
| The joy and delight of thine eyes | G |
| Oh then for the weak and the faltering | H |
| Should a prayer as sweet incense ascend | I |
| To the God we have worshipped together | E |
| Remember thy far distant friend | I |
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| We miss the calm light of thy spirit | J |
| We miss thy encouraging smile | K |
| But we bless the unslumbering Shepherd | L |
| Who sent thee to cheer us awhile | K |
| The light which burned brightly among us | M |
| We rejoiced for a season to see | A |
| For the God we have worshipped together | E |
| Gave a halo of glory to thee | A |
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| But didst thou not point to another | E |
| A brighter an unsetting sun | N |
| For thou preached not thyself to us brother | E |
| But Jesus the Crucified One | N |
| May He be thy rock and thy refuge | O |
| In Him thy strong confidence be | A |
| For the God we have worshipped together | E |
| Still loveth and careth for thee | A |
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| Oh mayst thou abide 'neath the shadow | D |
| Of Immanuel's sheltering wing | H |
| And continue proclaiming the goodness | M |
| Of Zion's all glorious King | H |
| Till the sun shall be turned into darkness | M |
| The moon in obscurity be | A |
| And the God we have worshipped together | E |
| Be a light everlasting to thee | A |
Eliza Paul Kirkbride Gurney
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