Night Litany Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BAABBA ACDAA EFAAG AAAHIE EEAAAEAA AAAAAIAAA AGAAGEB AAAA| O Dieu purifiez nos cceurs | A |
| Purifiez nos coeurs | A |
| - | |
| Yea the lines hast thou laid unto me | B |
| in pleasant places | A |
| And the beauty of this thy Venice | A |
| hast thou shown unto me | B |
| Until is its loveliness become unto me | B |
| a thing of tears | A |
| - | |
| O God what great kindness | A |
| have we done in times past | C |
| and forgotten it | D |
| That thou givest this wonder unto us | A |
| O God of waters | A |
| - | |
| O God of the night | E |
| What great sorrow | F |
| Cometh unto us | A |
| That thou thus repayest us | A |
| Before the time of its coming | G |
| - | |
| O God of silence | A |
| Purifiez nos c urs | A |
| Purifiez nos c urs | A |
| For we have seen | H |
| The glory of the shadow of the | I |
| likeness of thine handmaid | E |
| - | |
| Yea the glory of the shadow | E |
| of thy Beauty hath walked | E |
| Upon the shadow of the waters | A |
| In this thy Venice | A |
| And before the holiness | A |
| Of the shadow of thy handmaid | E |
| Have I hidden mine eyes | A |
| O God of waters | A |
| - | |
| O God of silence | A |
| Purifiez nos c urs | A |
| Purifiez nos c urs | A |
| O God of waters | A |
| make clean our hearts within us | A |
| For I have seen the | I |
| Shadow of this thy Venice | A |
| Floating upon the waters | A |
| And thy stars | A |
| - | |
| Have seen this thing out of their far courses | A |
| Have they seen this thing | G |
| O God of waters | A |
| Even as are thy stars | A |
| Silent unto us in their far coursing | G |
| Even so is mine heart | E |
| become silent within me | B |
| - | |
| Purifiez nos c urs | A |
| O God of the silence | A |
| Purifiez nos c urs | A |
| O God of waters | A |
Ezra Pound
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