The Last Look Is Taken Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEFGHIIJKLLMM FENNOPQQRRBBPPSS| The last look is taken the last word is said | A |
| Haste away o'er the waves then glad tidings to spread | A |
| Thy Master has called thee no longer delay | B |
| His work it is glorious haste haste thee away | B |
| Come set the sails mariner now we're off shore | C |
| Then weep for the loved ones thou leavest no more | C |
| He is faithful who promised thou heard'st Him declare | D |
| That all thou intrusts to his fatherly care | D |
| He will keep in the sheltering fold of his love | E |
| Where nothing shall harm them and nothing shall move | F |
| He will suffer no plague nigh thy dwelling to come | G |
| And His angels shall guard thee wherever thou roam | H |
| No weapon shall prosper that's formed against thee | I |
| For the truth thou hast loved shield and buckler shall be | I |
| This the heritage is of the child of the Lord | J |
| Of him who confides in his covenant word | K |
| And freely forsakes when his Saviour commands | L |
| His brethren and sisters and children and lands | L |
| Though the ocean may roar and earth shake with the swell | M |
| His home is in Jesus and all will be well | M |
| Though the mountains depart and the hills may remove | F |
| He quietly rests 'neath the wing of His love | E |
| He knows that the work of the righteous is peace | N |
| That the blessed effect thereof never shall cease | N |
| A gracious assurance of quietude here | O |
| And bliss without end in a holier sphere | P |
| So Christian God speed thee and should the storm lower | Q |
| Cast firmly thine anchor and trust in His power | Q |
| His voice than the billows is mightier far | R |
| And His mercy is o'er thee a safe guiding star | R |
| But oh when the clouds have all vanished away | B |
| And life smiles around thee a bright summer's day | B |
| When the breeze wafts thee onward and no rocks appear | P |
| Then Christian thine hour of peril is near | P |
| The world may frown on thee but oh should it smile | S |
| Come apart to the desert and rest thee awhile | S |
Eliza Paul Kirkbride Gurney
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