Written At The Delaware Water Gap Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF CACA GAGA HIHJ| Great and omnipotent that Power must be | A |
| That wings the whirlwind and directs the storm | B |
| That by a strong convulsion severed thee | A |
| And wrought this wondrous chasm in thy form | B |
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| Man is a dweller where in some past day | C |
| Thy rock ribbed frame majestically rose | D |
| The river rushes on its new made way | C |
| And all is life where all was once repose | D |
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| Pleased as I gazed upon thy lofty brow | E |
| Where Nature seems her loveliest robes to wear | F |
| I felt that Pride at such a scene must bow | E |
| And own its insignificancy there | F |
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| Oh Thou to whom directing worlds is play | C |
| Thy condescension without bounds must be | A |
| If man the frail ephemera of a day | C |
| Be graciously regarded still by Thee | A |
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| Here as I ponder on Thy mighty deeds | G |
| And marvel at Thy bounteousness to me | A |
| While wrapt in solemn awe my bosom bleeds | G |
| Lest recklessly I may have wounded Thee | A |
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| Wounded that Being who is fain to call | H |
| The heavy laden and the wearied home | I |
| The dear Redeemer He who died that all | H |
| Might to his glorious in gathering come | J |
Eliza Paul Kirkbride Gurney
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