O Lord, How Happy! (from The German Of Dessler) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHIH JKJKLMNO PQRQSTST CNCNUHUH ABABCDCD| O 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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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