Come Near Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABC CDCDE FGFGC HIHIJ FKLKC| Come near to me I need Thy glorious presence | A |
| Through the dense darkness of this troubled hour | B |
| Shine on my soul and fill it with the essence | A |
| Of Thy pervading and uplifting power | B |
| Come near come near to me | C |
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| Come nearer yet I have no strength to reach Thee | C |
| My soul is like a bird with broken wings | D |
| Lean down from Thy fair height of peace and teach me | C |
| The balm Thy touch to mortal bruises brings | D |
| Lean down O God lean down | E |
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| Come near and yet if those eternal places | F |
| Hold greater tasks to occupy Thy hands | G |
| Send Thy blest angels whose celestial faces | F |
| Smile sometimes on us from the spirit lands | G |
| Send one send one to me | C |
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| I must have help I am so weak and broken | H |
| I cannot help myself I know not how | I |
| That moral force of which so much is spoken | H |
| Will not sustain or fortify me now | I |
| I must I must have help | J |
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| Some outside aid some strength from spirit Sources | F |
| We all must have in hours like this or die | K |
| To one or all of those mysterious Forces | L |
| Which men call God I lift my voice and cry | K |
| Come near come near to me | C |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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