No Sign Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD AEAE ABAB FGFG HIHI JKJK LMLM| O Lord if on the wind at cool of day | A |
| I heard one whispered word of mighty grace | B |
| If through the darkness as in bed I lay | A |
| But once had come a hand upon my face | B |
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| If but one sign that might not be mistook | C |
| Had ever been since first thy face I sought | D |
| I should not now be doubting o'er a book | C |
| But serving thee with burning heart and thought | D |
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| So dreams that heart But to my heart I say | A |
| Turning my face to front the dark and wind | E |
| Such signs had only barred anew his way | A |
| Into thee longing heart thee wildered mind | E |
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| They asked the very Way where lies the way | A |
| The very Son where is the Father's face | B |
| How he could show himself if not in clay | A |
| Who was the lord of spirit form and space | B |
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| My being Lord will nevermore be whole | F |
| Until thou come behind mine ears and eyes | G |
| Enter and fill the temple of my soul | F |
| With perfect contact such a sweet surprise | G |
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| Such presence as before it met the view | H |
| The prophet fancy could not once foresee | I |
| Though every corner of the temple knew | H |
| By very emptiness its need of thee | I |
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| When I keep all thy words no favoured some | J |
| Heedless of worldly winds or judgment's tide | K |
| Then Jesus thou wilt with thy father come | J |
| Oh ended prayers and in my soul abide | K |
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| Ah long delay ah cunning creeping sin | L |
| I shall but fail and cease at length to try | M |
| O Jesus though thou wilt not yet come in | L |
| Knock at my window as thou passest by | M |
George Macdonald
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