Come To Me Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CBCB DEDE FGFG HDHD IJKJ JBJB| Come to me come to me O my God | A |
| Come to me everywhere | B |
| Let the trees mean thee and the grassy sod | A |
| And the water and the air | B |
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| For thou art so far that I often doubt | C |
| As on every side I stare | B |
| Searching within and looking without | C |
| If thou canst be anywhere | B |
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| How did men find thee in days of old | D |
| How did they grow so sure | E |
| They fought in thy name they were glad and bold | D |
| They suffered and kept themselves pure | E |
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| But now they say neither above the sphere | F |
| Nor down in the heart of man | G |
| But solely in fancy ambition and fear | F |
| The thought of thee began | G |
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| If only that perfect tale were true | H |
| Which ages have not made old | D |
| Which of endless many makes one anew | H |
| And simplicity manifold | D |
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| But he taught that they who did his word | I |
| The truth of it sure would know | J |
| I will try to do it if he be lord | K |
| Again the old faith will glow | J |
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| Again the old spirit wind will blow | J |
| That he promised to their prayer | B |
| And obeying the Son I too shall know | J |
| His father everywhere | B |
George Macdonald
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