Rejoice Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFB GGDD HHBB AAII HHBB| Rejoice said the Sun I will make thee gay | A |
| With glory and gladness and holiday | A |
| I am dumb O man and I need thy voice | B |
| But man would not rejoice | B |
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| Rejoice in thyself said he O Sun | C |
| For thy daily course is a lordly one | C |
| In thy lofty place rejoice if thou can | D |
| For me I am only a man | D |
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| Rejoice said the Wind I am free and strong | E |
| And will wake in thy heart an ancient song | E |
| Hear the roaring woods my organ noise | F |
| But man would not rejoice | B |
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| Rejoice O Wind in thy strength said he | G |
| For thou fulfillest thy destiny | G |
| Shake the forest the faint flowers fan | D |
| For me I am only a man | D |
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| Rejoice said the Night with moon and star | H |
| For the Sun and the Wind are gone afar | H |
| I am here with rest and dreaming choice | B |
| But man would not rejoice | B |
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| For he said What is rest to me I pray | A |
| Whose labour leads to no gladsome day | A |
| He only can dream who has hope behind | I |
| Alas for me and my kind | I |
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| Then a voice that came not from moon or star | H |
| From the sun or the wind that roved afar | H |
| Said Man I am with thee hear my voice | B |
| And man said I rejoice | B |
George Macdonald
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