Any Saint Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABC DDEE FFGH GGII JJAA GGAA KKLL AAMM KKNN AAHG OPEK QQRR KKAA SSAA KKTT BBUU VVAA WWAA AAXX YYAA VVAA AAZZ KAA2A2 IB2YY AAAA C2C2AA VAZZ D2E2F2F2 KKKK F2F2ZZ F2F2ZZ AAF2F2 G2GKK AAAA AAAA LLAA H2H2F2F2 KKI2J2 F2F2AA F2F2AA VVF2K IIAA ZZAA

His shoulder did I holdA
Too high that I o'erboldA
Weak oneB
Should lean thereonC
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But He a little hathD
Declined His stately pathD
And myE
Feet set more highE
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That the slack arm may reachF
His shoulder and faint speechF
StirG
His unwithering hairH
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And bolder now and bolderG
I lean upon that shoulderG
So dearI
He is and nearI
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And with His aureoleJ
The tresses of my soulJ
Are blentA
In wished contentA
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Yes this too gentle LoverG
Hath flattering words to move herG
To prideA
By His sweet sideA
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Ah Love somewhat let beK
Lest my humilityK
Grow weakL
When thou dost speakL
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Rebate thy tender suitA
Lest to herself imputeA
Some worthM
Thy bride of earthM
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A maid too easilyK
Conceits herself to beK
Those thingsN
Her lover singsN
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And being straitly wooedA
Believes herself the GoodA
And FairH
He seeks in herG
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Turn something of Thy lookO
And fear me with rebukeP
That IE
May timorouslyK
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Take tremors in Thy armsQ
And with contriv ed charmsQ
AllureR
A love unsureR
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Not to me not to meK
Builded so flawfullyK
O GodA
Thy humbling laudA
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Not to this man but ManS
Universe in a spanS
PointA
Of the spheres conjointA
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In whom eternallyK
Thou Light dost focus TheeK
Didst paveT
The way o' the waveT
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Rivet with stars the HeavenB
For causeways to Thy drivenB
CarU
In its coming farU
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Unto him only himV
In Thy deific whimV
Didst boundA
Thy works' great roundA
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In this small ring of fleshW
The sky's gold knotted meshW
Thy wristA
Did only twistA
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To take him in that netA
Man swinging wicket setA
BetweenX
The Unseen and SeenX
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Lo God's two worlds immenseY
Of spirit and of senseY
WedA
In this narrow bedA
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Yea and the midge's hymnV
Answers the seraphimV
AthwartA
Thy body's courtA
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Great arm fellow of GodA
To the ancestral clodA
KinZ
And to cherubinZ
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Bread predilectedlyK
O' the worm and DeityA
HarkA2
O God's clay sealed ArkA2
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To praise that fits thee clearI
To the ear within the earB2
But denseY
To clay sealed senseY
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All the Omnific madeA
When in a word he saidA
MysteryA
He uttered THEEA
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Thee His great utterance boreC2
O secret metaphorC2
Of whatA
Thou dream'st no jotA
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Cosmic metonymyV
Weak world unshuttering keyA
OneZ
Seal of SolomonZ
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Trope that itself not scansD2
Its huge significanceE2
Which triesF2
Cherubic eyesF2
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Primer where the angels allK
God's grammar spell in smallK
Nor spellK
The highest too wellK
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Point for the great descantsF2
Of starry disputantsF2
EquationZ
Of creationZ
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Thou meaning couldst thou seeF2
Of all which dafteth theeF2
So plainZ
It mocks thy painZ
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Stone of the Law indeedA
Thine own self couldst thou readA
Thy blissF2
Within thee isF2
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Compost of Heaven and mireG2
Slow foot and swift desireG
LoK
To have Yes choose NoK
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Gird and thou shalt unbindA
Seek not and thou shalt findA
To eatA
Deny thy meatA
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And thou shalt be fulfilledA
With all sweet things unwilledA
So bestA
God loves to jestA
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With children small a freakL
Of heavenly hide and seekL
FitA
For thy wayward witA
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Who art thyself a thingH2
Of whim and waveringH2
FreeF2
When His wings pen theeF2
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Sole fully blest to feelK
God whistle thee at heelK
Drunk upI2
As a dew dropJ2
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When He bends down sun wiseF2
Intemperable eyesF2
Most proudA
When utterly bowedA
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To feel thyself and beF2
His dear nonentityF2
CaughtA
Beyond human thoughtA
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In the thunder spout of HimV
Until thy being dimV
And beF2
Dead deathlesslyK
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Stoop stoop for thou dost fearI
The nettle's wrathful spearI
So slightA
Art thou of mightA
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Rise for Heaven hath no frownZ
When thou to thee pluck'st downZ
Strong clodA
The neck of GodA

Francis Thompson



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