Blessed Are The Meek, For They Shall Inherit The Earth Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL MNMN OMOM| A quiet heart submissive meek | A |
| Father do thou bestow | B |
| Which more than granted will not seek | A |
| To have or give or know | B |
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| Each little hill then holds its gift | C |
| Forth to my joying eyes | D |
| Each mighty mountain then doth lift | C |
| My spirit to the skies | D |
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| Lo then the running water sounds | E |
| With gladsome secret things | F |
| The silent water more abounds | E |
| And more the hidden springs | F |
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| Live murmurs then the trees will blend | G |
| With all the feathered song | H |
| The waving grass low tribute lend | G |
| Earth's music to prolong | H |
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| The sun will cast great crowns of light | I |
| On waves that anthems roar | J |
| The dusky billows break at night | I |
| In flashes on the shore | J |
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| Each harebell each white lily's cup | K |
| The hum of hidden bee | L |
| Yea every odour floating up | K |
| The insect revelry | L |
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| Each hue each harmony divine | M |
| The holy world about | N |
| Its soul will send forth into mine | M |
| My soul to widen out | N |
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| And thus the great earth I shall hold | O |
| A perfect gift of thine | M |
| Richer by these a thousandfold | O |
| Than if broad lands were mine | M |
George Macdonald
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