A Vision Of St. Eligius Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BABA CDCA A EFEF GDGD A HIJI KLKL| I | A |
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| I see thy house but I am blown about | B |
| A wind mocked kite between the earth and sky | A |
| All out of doors alas of thy doors out | B |
| And drenched in dews no summer suns can dry | A |
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| For every blast is passion of my own | C |
| The dews cold sweats of selfish agony | D |
| Dank vapour steams from memories lying prone | C |
| And all my soul is but a stifled cry | A |
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| II | A |
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| Lord thou dost hold my string else were I driven | E |
| Down to some gulf where I were tossed no more | F |
| No turmoil telling I was not in heaven | E |
| No billows raving on a blessed shore | F |
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| Thou standest on thy door sill calm as day | G |
| And all my throbs and pangs are pulls from thee | D |
| Hold fast the string lest I should break away | G |
| And outer dark and silence swallow me | D |
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| III | A |
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| No longer fly thy kite Lord draw me home | H |
| Thou pull'st the string through all the distance bleak | I |
| Lord I am nearing thee O Lord I come | J |
| Thy pulls grow stronger and the wind grows weak | I |
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| In thy remodelling hands thou tak'st thy kite | K |
| A moment to thy bosom hold'st me fast | L |
| Thou flingest me abroad lo in thy might | K |
| A strong winged bird I soar on every blast | L |
George Macdonald
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