Why Dost Thou Shade Thy Lovely Face? Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAA BBB CCC DDD AAA BBB CCC AAA BBB AAA CCC BBB EEE CCC AAA CCC| Why dost thou shade thy lovely face Oh why | A |
| Does that eclipsing hand so long deny | A |
| The sunshine of thy soul enliv'ning eye | A |
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| Without that light what light remains in me | B |
| Thou art my life my way my light in thee | B |
| I live I move and by thy beams I see | B |
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| Thou art mv life if thou but turn away | C |
| My life's a thousand deaths thou art my way | C |
| Without thee Lord I travel not but stray | C |
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| My light thou art without thy glorious sight | D |
| Mine eyes are darken'd with perpetual night | D |
| My God thou art my way my life my light | D |
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| Thou art my way I wander if thou fly | A |
| Thou art my light if hid how blind am I | A |
| Thou art my life if thou withdraw I die | A |
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| Mine eyes are blind and dark I cannot see | B |
| To whom or whither should my darkness flee | B |
| But to the light and who's that light but thee | B |
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| My path is lost my wand'ring steps do stray | C |
| I cannot safely go nor safely stay | C |
| Whom should I seek but thee my path my way | C |
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| Oh I am dead to whom shall I poor I | A |
| Repair to whom shall my sad ashes fly | A |
| But life and where is life but in thine eye | A |
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| And yet thou turn'st away thy face and fly'st me | B |
| And yet I sue for grace and thou deny'st me | B |
| Speak art thou angry Lord or only try'st me | B |
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| Unscreen those heavenly lamps or tell me why | A |
| Thou shad'st thy face perhaps thou think'st no eye | A |
| Can view those flames and not drop down and die | A |
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| If that be all shine forth and draw thee nigher | C |
| Let me behold and die for my desire | C |
| Is ph oe nix like to perish in that fire | C |
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| Death conquer'd Laz'rus was redeem'd by thee | B |
| If I am dead Lord set death's prisoner free | B |
| Am I more spent or stink I worse than he | B |
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| If my puff'd life be out give leave to tine | E |
| My shameless snuff at that bright lamp of thine | E |
| Oh what's thy light the less for lighting mine | E |
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| If I have lost my path great Shepherd say | C |
| Shall I still wander in a doubtful way | C |
| Lord shall a lamb of Israel's sheep fold stray | C |
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| Thou art the pilgrim's path the blind man's eye | A |
| The dead man's life on thee my hopes rely | A |
| If thou remove I err I grope I die | A |
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| Disclose thy sunbeams close thy wings and stay | C |
| See see how I am blind and dead and stray | C |
| O thou that art my light my life my way | C |
Francis Quarles
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