Benedictio Domini Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEDE FGFG AHAHWithout the sullen noises of the street | A |
The voice of London inarticulate | B |
Hoarse and blaspheming surges in to meet | A |
The silent blessing of the Immaculate | C |
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Dark is the church and dim the worshippers | D |
Hushed with bowed heads as though by some old spell | E |
While through the incense laden air there stirs | D |
The admonition of a silver bell | E |
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Dark is the church save where the altar stands | F |
Dressed like a bride illustrious with light | G |
Where one old priest exalts with tremulous hands | F |
The one true solace of man's fallen plight | G |
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Strange silence here without the sounding street | A |
Heralds the world's swift passage to the fire | H |
O Benediction perfect and complete | A |
When shall men cease to suffer and desire | H |
Ernest Christopher Dowson
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