In The Night Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGF HIHI JKJK LGLG MENE| As to her child a mother calls | A |
| Come to me child come near | B |
| Calling in silent intervals | C |
| The Master's voice I hear | D |
| - | |
| But does he call me verily | E |
| To have me does he care | F |
| Why should he seek my poverty | G |
| My selfishness so bare | F |
| - | |
| The dear voice makes his gladness brim | H |
| But not a child can know | I |
| Why that large woman cares for him | H |
| Why she should love him so | I |
| - | |
| Lord to thy call of me I bow | J |
| Obey like Abraham | K |
| Thou lov'st me because thou art thou | J |
| And I am what I am | K |
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| Doubt whispers Thou art such a blot | L |
| He cannot love poor thee | G |
| If what I am he loveth not | L |
| He loves what I shall be | G |
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| Nay that which can be drawn and wooed | M |
| And turned away from ill | E |
| Is what his father made for good | N |
| He loves me I say still | E |
George Macdonald
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