Dorcas Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGFG HIJI KLML NONOIf I might guess then guess I would | A |
That mid the gathered folk | B |
This gentle Dorcas one day stood | A |
And heard when Jesus spoke | B |
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She saw the woven seamless coat | C |
Half envious for his sake | D |
Oh happy hands she said that wrought | E |
The honoured thing to make | D |
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Her eyes with longing tears grow dim | F |
She never can come nigh | G |
To work one service poor for him | F |
For whom she glad would die | G |
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But hark he speaks Oh precious word | H |
And she has heard indeed | I |
When did we see thee naked Lord | J |
And clothed thee in thy need | I |
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The King shall answer Inasmuch | K |
As to my brethren ye | L |
Did it even to the least of such | M |
Ye did it unto me | L |
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Home home she went and plied the loom | N |
And Jesus' poor arrayed | O |
She died they wept about the room | N |
And showed the coats she made | O |
George Macdonald
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