O Lord, How Happy! (from The German Of Dessler) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHIH JKJKLMNO PQRQSTST CNCNUHUH ABABCDCDO Lord how happy is the time | A |
When in thy love I rest | B |
When from my weariness I climb | A |
Even to thy tender breast | B |
The night of sorrow endeth there | C |
Thou art brighter than the sun | D |
And in thy pardon and thy care | C |
The heaven of heaven is won | D |
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Let the world call herself my foe | E |
Or let the world allure | F |
I care not for the world I go | E |
To this dear friend and sure | F |
And when life's fiercest storms are sent | G |
Upon life's wildest sea | H |
My little bark is confident | I |
Because it holds by thee | H |
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When the law threatens endless death | J |
Upon the dreadful hill | K |
Straightway from her consuming breath | J |
My soul goeth higher still | K |
Goeth to Jesus wounded slain | L |
And maketh him her home | M |
Whence she will not go out again | N |
And where death cannot come | O |
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I do not fear the wilderness | P |
Where thou hast been before | Q |
Nay rather will I daily press | R |
After thee near thee more | Q |
Thou art my food on thee I lean | S |
Thou makest my heart sing | T |
And to thy heavenly pastures green | S |
All thy dear flock dost bring | T |
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And if the gate that opens there | C |
Be dark to other men | N |
It is not dark to those who share | C |
The heart of Jesus then | N |
That is not losing much of life | U |
Which is not losing thee | H |
Who art as present in the strife | U |
As in the victory | H |
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Therefore how happy is the time | A |
When in thy love I rest | B |
When from my weariness I climb | A |
Even to thy tender breast | B |
The night of sorrow endeth there | C |
Thou art brighter than the sun | D |
And in thy pardon and thy care | C |
The heaven of heaven is won | D |
George Macdonald
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