A Meditation Of St. Eligius Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FGFH IJHJ KLKL MNMN OPOP QRQR STSUQueen Mary one day Jesus sent | A |
To fetch some water legends tell | B |
The little boy obedient | C |
Drew a full pitcher from the well | B |
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But as he raised it to his head | D |
The water lipping with the rim | E |
The handle broke and all was shed | D |
Upon the stones about the brim | E |
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His cloak upon the ground he laid | F |
And in it gathered up the pool Proverbs xxx | G |
Obedient there the water staid | F |
And home he bore it plentiful | H |
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Eligius said Tis fabled ill | I |
The hands that all the world control | J |
Had here been room for miracle | H |
Had made his mother's pitcher whole | J |
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Still some few drops for thirsty need | K |
A poor invention even when told | L |
In love of thee the Truth indeed | K |
Like broken pitcher yet may hold | L |
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Thy truth alas Lord once I spilt | M |
I thought to bear the pitcher high | N |
Upon the shining stones of guilt | M |
I slipped and there the potsherds lie | N |
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Master I cried no man will drink | O |
No human thirst will e'er be stilled | P |
Through me who sit upon the brink | O |
My pitcher broke thy water spilled | P |
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What will they do I waiting left | Q |
They looked to me to bring thy law | R |
The well is deep and sin bereft | Q |
I nothing have wherewith to draw | R |
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But as I sat in evil plight | S |
With dry parched heart and sickened brain | T |
Uprose in me the water bright | S |
Thou gavest me thyself again | U |
George Macdonald
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