After Thomas Kempis Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDE A FGFG HIHI A AJKJ LMLM A NONO PQRQ A ASAS TUTU A VSWS ADAD XJYJ A ZJZJ A2JA2J A2JA2J A JJA B2B2A JJC2JJC2 JJSJJS

IA
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Who follows Jesus shall not walkB
In darksome road with danger rifeC
But in his heart the Truth will talkB
And on his way will shine the LifeC
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So on the story we must poreD
Of him who lives for us and diedE
That we may see him walk beforeD
And know the Father in the guideE
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IIA
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In words of truth Christ all excelsF
Leaves all his holy ones behindG
And he in whom his spirit dwellsF
Their hidden manna sure shall findG
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Gather wouldst thou the perfect grainsH
And Jesus fully understandI
Thou must obey him with huge painsH
And to God's will be as Christ's handI
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IIIA
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What profits it to reason highA
And in hard questions court disputeJ
When thou dost lack humilityK
Displeasing God at very rootJ
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Profoundest words man ever spakeL
Not once of blame washed any clearM
A simple life alone could makeL
Nathanael to his master dearM
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IVA
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The eye with seeing is not filledN
The ear with hearing not at restO
Desire with having is not stilledN
With human praise no heart is blestO
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Vanity then of vanitiesP
All things for which men grasp and gropeQ
The precious things in heavenly eyesR
Are love and truth and trust and hopeQ
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VA
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Better the clown who God doth loveA
Than he that high can goS
And name each little star aboveA
But sees not God belowS
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What if all things on earth I knewT
Yea love were all my creedU
It serveth nothing with the TrueT
He goes by heart and deedU
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VIA
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If thou dost think thy knowledge goodV
Thy intellect not slowS
Bethink thee of the multitudeW
Of things thou dost not knowS
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Why look on any from on highA
Because thou knowest moreD
Thou need'st but look abroad to spyA
Ten thousand thee beforeD
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Wouldst thou in knowledge true advanceX
And gather learning's fruitJ
In love confess thy ignoranceY
And thy Self love confuteJ
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VIIA
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This is the highest learningZ
The hardest and the bestJ
From self to keep still turningZ
And honour all the restJ
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If one should break the letterA2
Yea spirit of commandJ
Think not that thou art betterA2
Thou may'st not always standJ
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We all are weak but weakerA2
Hold no one than thou artJ
Then as thou growest meekerA2
Higher will go thy heartJ
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VIIIA
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Sense and judgment oft indeedJ
Spy but little and misleadJ
Ground us on a shelfA
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Happy he whom Truth doth teachB2
Not by forms of passing speechB2
But her very selfA
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Why of hidden things disputeJ
Mind unwise howe'er astuteJ
Making that thy taskC2
Where the Judge will at the lastJ
When disputing all is pastJ
Not a question askC2
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Folly great it is to broodJ
Over neither bad nor goodJ
Eyes and ears unheedfulS
Ears and eyes ah open wideJ
For what may be heard or spiedJ
Of the one thing needfulS

George Macdonald



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