Antiphon Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CACA DBDB DEDF GBGB HIHI JBJB JKJK ALAL ALAL MBMB NMNMDaylight fades away | A |
Is the Lord at hand | B |
In the shadows gray | A |
Stealing on the land | B |
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Gently from the east | C |
Come the shadows gray | A |
But our lowly priest | C |
Nearer is than they | A |
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It is darkness quite | D |
Is the Lord at hand | B |
In the cloak of night | D |
Stolen upon the land | B |
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But I see no night | D |
For my Lord is here | E |
With him dark is light | D |
With him far is near | F |
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List the cock's awake | G |
Is the Lord at hand | B |
Cometh he to make | G |
Light in all the land | B |
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Long ago he made | H |
Morning in my heart | I |
Long ago he bade | H |
Shadowy things depart | I |
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Lo the dawning hill | J |
Is the Lord at hand | B |
Come to scatter ill | J |
Ruling in the land | B |
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He hath scattered ill | J |
Ruling in my mind | K |
Growing to his will | J |
Freedom comes I find | K |
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We will watch all day | A |
Lest the Lord should come | L |
All night waking stay | A |
In the darkness dumb | L |
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I will work all day | A |
For the Lord hath come | L |
Down my head will lay | A |
All night glad and dumb | L |
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For we know not when | M |
Christ may be at hand | B |
But we know that then | M |
Joy is in the land | B |
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For I know that where | N |
Christ hath come again | M |
Quietness without care | N |
Dwelleth in his men | M |
George Macdonald
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