The Building Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB CDCD CEAE FGAG CHCH FIAI| Build me a house said the Master | A |
| But not on the shifting sand | B |
| Mid the wreck and roar of tempests | C |
| A house that will firmly stand | B |
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| I will bring thee windows of agates | C |
| And gates of carbuncles bright | D |
| And thy fairest courts and portals | C |
| Shall be filled with love and light | D |
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| Thou shalt build with fadeless rubies | C |
| All fashioned around the throne | E |
| A house that shall last forever | A |
| With Christ as the cornerstone | E |
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| It shall be a royal mansion | F |
| A fair and beautiful thing | G |
| It will be the presence chamber | A |
| Of thy Saviour Lord and King | G |
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| Thy house shall he bound with pinions | C |
| To mansions of rest above | H |
| But grace shall forge all the fetters | C |
| With the links and cords of love | H |
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| Thou shalt he free in this mansion | F |
| From sorrow and pain of heart | I |
| For the peace of God shall enter | A |
| And never again depart | I |
Frances E. W. Harper
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