The Prayer Of Nature. [1] Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDE FGFG HIHI JFJF KLKL MNMN OPOP FQFQ RSRT UVWV TXSX DYDY ZA2ZA2 CB2CB2 HC2D2C2| A | |
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| Father of Light great God of Heaven | B |
| Hear'st thou the accents of despair | C |
| Can guilt like man's be e'er forgiven | B |
| Can vice atone for crimes by prayer | C |
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| Father of Light on thee I call | D |
| Thou see'st my soul is dark within | E |
| Thou who canst mark the sparrow's fall | D |
| Avert from me the death of sin | E |
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| No shrine I seek to sects unknown | F |
| Oh point to me the path of truth | G |
| Thy dread Omnipotence I own | F |
| Spare yet amend the faults of youth | G |
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| Let bigots rear a gloomy fane | H |
| Let Superstition hail the pile | I |
| Let priests to spread their sable reign | H |
| With tales of mystic rites beguile | I |
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| Shall man confine his Maker's sway | J |
| To Gothic domes of mouldering stone | F |
| Thy temple is the face of day | J |
| Earth Ocean Heaven thy boundless throne | F |
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| Shall man condemn his race to Hell | K |
| Unless they bend in pompous form | L |
| Tell us that all for one who fell | K |
| Must perish in the mingling storm | L |
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| Shall each pretend to reach the skies | M |
| Yet doom his brother to expire | N |
| Whose soul a different hope supplies | M |
| Or doctrines less severe inspire | N |
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| Shall these by creeds they can't expound | O |
| Prepare a fancied bliss or woe | P |
| Shall reptiles groveling on the ground | O |
| Their great Creator's purpose know | P |
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| Shall those who live for self alone | F |
| Whose years float on in daily crime | Q |
| Shall they by Faith for guilt atone | F |
| And live beyond the bounds of Time | Q |
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| Father no prophet's laws I seek | R |
| Thy laws in Nature's works appear | S |
| I own myself corrupt and weak | R |
| Yet will I pray for thou wilt hear | T |
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| Thou who canst guide the wandering star | U |
| Through trackless realms of aether's space | V |
| Who calm'st the elemental war | W |
| Whose hand from pole to pole I trace | V |
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| Thou who in wisdom plac'd me here | T |
| Who when thou wilt canst take me hence | X |
| Ah whilst I tread this earthly sphere | S |
| Extend to me thy wide defence | X |
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| To Thee my God to thee I call | D |
| Whatever weal or woe betide | Y |
| By thy command I rise or fall | D |
| In thy protection I confide | Y |
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| If when this dust to dust's restor'd | Z |
| My soul shall float on airy wing | A2 |
| How shall thy glorious Name ador'd | Z |
| Inspire her feeble voice to sing | A2 |
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| But if this fleeting spirit share | C |
| With clay the Grave's eternal bed | B2 |
| While Life yet throbs I raise my prayer | C |
| Though doom'd no more to quit the dead | B2 |
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| To Thee I breathe my humble strain | H |
| Grateful for all thy mercies past | C2 |
| And hope my God to thee again | D2 |
| This erring life may fly at last | C2 |
George Gordon Byron
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