Meditations. (translations From The Hebrew Poets Of Medaeval Spain.) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEDDFFDGGDD DDHHIJKLMM NNOOPPOQOQCCC RSTSUVUVVVDDD NNVVOONNVVOO W| Forget thine anguish | A |
| Vexed heart again | B |
| Why shouldst thou languish | A |
| With earthly pain | C |
| The husk shall slumber | D |
| Bedded in clay | E |
| Silent and sombre | D |
| Oblivion's prey | D |
| But Spirit immortal | F |
| Thou at Death's portal | F |
| Tremblest with fear | D |
| If he caress thee | G |
| Curse thee or bless thee | G |
| Thou must draw near | D |
| From him the worth of thy works to hear | D |
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| Why full of terror | D |
| Compassed with error | D |
| Trouble thy heart | H |
| For thy mortal part | H |
| The soul flies home | I |
| The corpse is dumb | J |
| Of all thou didst have | K |
| Follows naught to the grave | L |
| Thou fliest thy nest | M |
| Swift as a bird to thy place of rest | M |
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| What avail grief and fasting | N |
| Where nothing is lasting | N |
| Pomp domination | O |
| Become tribulation | O |
| In a health giving draught | P |
| A death dealing shaft | P |
| Wealth an illusion | O |
| Power a lie | Q |
| Over all dissolution | O |
| Creeps silent and sly | Q |
| Unto others remain | C |
| The goods thou didst gain | C |
| With infinite pain | C |
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| Life is a vine branch | R |
| A vintager Death | S |
| He threatens and lowers | T |
| More near with each breath | S |
| Then hasten arise | U |
| Seek God O my soul | V |
| For time quickly flies | U |
| Still far is the goal | V |
| Vain heart praying dumbly | V |
| Learn to prize humbly | V |
| The meanest of fare | D |
| Forget all thy sorrow | D |
| Behold Death is there | D |
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| Dove like lamenting | N |
| Be full of repenting | N |
| Lift vision supernal | V |
| To raptures eternal | V |
| On ev'ry occasion | O |
| Seek lasting salvation | O |
| Pour thy heart out in weeping | N |
| While others are sleeping | N |
| Pray to Him when all's still | V |
| Performing his will | V |
| And so shall the angel of peace be thy warden | O |
| And guide thee at last to the heavenly garden | O |
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| Solomon Ben Judah Gabirol Died Between | W |
Emma Lazarus
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