A Prayer For Light Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A AABB A CCDD A EEFF G GGHH G IIJJ G KKLL| I | A |
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| Oh give me light to day or let me die | A |
| The light of love the love light of the sky | A |
| That I at length may see my darling's face | B |
| One minute's space | B |
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| II | A |
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| Have I not wept to know myself so weak | C |
| That I can feel not see the dimpled cheek | C |
| The lips the eyes the sunbeams that enfold | D |
| Her locks of gold | D |
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| III | A |
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| Have I not sworn that I will not be wed | E |
| But mate my soul with hers on my death bed | E |
| The soul can see for souls are seraphim | F |
| When eyes are dim | F |
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| IV | G |
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| Oh hush she comes I know her She is nigh | G |
| She brings me death true heart and I will die | G |
| She brings me love for love and life are one | H |
| Beyond the sun | H |
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| V | G |
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| This is the measure this of all my joys | I |
| Life is a curse and Death's a counterpoise | I |
| Give me thy hand O sweet one let me know | J |
| Which path I go | J |
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| VI | G |
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| I cannot die if thou be not a near | K |
| To lead me on to Life's appointed sphere | K |
| O spirit face O angel with thy breath | L |
| Kiss me to death | L |
Eric Mackay
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