Night Litany Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BAABBA ACDAA EFAAG AAAHIE EEAAAEAA AAAAAIAAA AGAAGEB AAAAO Dieu purifiez nos cceurs | A |
Purifiez nos coeurs | A |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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