Lord May I Come? Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBB AAA CCDAAD EEFFA GGA CCHHAAA| Life and night are falling from me | A |
| Death and day are opening on me | A |
| Wherever my footsteps come and go | B |
| Life is a stony way of woe | B |
| Lord have I long to go | B |
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| Hallow hearts are ever near me | A |
| Soulless eyes have ceased to cheer me | A |
| Lord may I come to thee | A |
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| Life and youth and summer weather | C |
| To my heart no joy can gather | C |
| Lord lift me from life s stony way | D |
| Loved eyes long closed in death watch for me | A |
| Holy death is waiting for me | A |
| Lord may I come to day | D |
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| My outward life feels sad and still | E |
| Like lilies in a frozen rill | E |
| I am gazing upwards to the sun | F |
| Lord Lord remembering my lost one | F |
| O Lord remember me | A |
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| How is it in the unknown land | G |
| Do the dead wander hand in hand | G |
| God give me trust in thee | A |
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| Do we clasp dead hands and quiver | C |
| With an endless joy for ever | C |
| Do tall white angels gaze and wend | H |
| Along the banks where lilies bend | H |
| Lord we know not how this may be | A |
| Good Lord we put our faith in thee | A |
| O God remember me | A |
Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal
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