The Refiner's Gold Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKDK LMNM OGPG QMRM STUT VWXW| He stood before my heart's closed door | A |
| And asked to enter in | B |
| But I had barred the passage o'er | C |
| By unbelief and sin | B |
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| He came with nail prints in his hands | D |
| To set my spirit free | E |
| With wounded feet he trod a path | F |
| To come and sup with me | E |
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| He found me poor and brought me gold | G |
| The fire of love had tried | H |
| And garments whitened by his blood | I |
| My wretchedness to hide | H |
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| The glare of life had dimmed my eyes | J |
| Its glamour was too bright | K |
| He came with ointment in his hands | D |
| To heal my darkened sight | K |
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| He knew my heart was tempest tossed | L |
| By care and pain oppressed | M |
| He whispered to my burdened heart | N |
| Come unto me and rest | M |
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| He found me weary faint and worn | O |
| On barren mountains cold | G |
| With love's constraint he drew me on | P |
| To shelter in his fold | G |
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| Oh foolish heart how slow wert thou | Q |
| To welcome thy dear guest | M |
| To change thy weariness and care | R |
| For comfort peace and rest | M |
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| Close to his side oh may I stay | S |
| Just to behold his face | T |
| Till I shall wear within my soul | U |
| The image of his grace | T |
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| The grace that changes hearts of stone | V |
| To tenderness and love | W |
| And bids us run with willing feet | X |
| Unto his courts above | W |
Frances E. W. Harper
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