God; Not Gift Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FGFG HIHI JKJK DEDE| Gray clouds my heaven have covered o'er | A |
| My sea ebbs fast no more to flow | B |
| Ghastly and dry my desert shore | C |
| Parched bare unsightly things doth show | B |
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| 'Tis thou Lord cloudest up my sky | D |
| Stillest the heart throb of my sea | E |
| Tellest the sad wind not to sigh | D |
| Yea life itself to wait for thee | E |
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| Lord here I am empty enough | F |
| My music but a soundless moan | G |
| Blind hope of all my household stuff | F |
| Leaves me blind hope not quite alone | G |
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| Shall hope too go that I may trust | H |
| Purely in thee and spite of all | I |
| Then turn my very heart to dust | H |
| On thee on thee I yet will call | I |
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| List list his wind among the pines | J |
| Hark hark that rushing is his sea's | K |
| O Father these are but thy signs | J |
| For thee I hunger not for these | K |
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| Not joy itself though pure and high | D |
| No gift will do instead of thee | E |
| Let but my spirit know thee nigh | D |
| And all the world may sleep for me | E |
George Macdonald
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