Shall The Dead Praise Thee? Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FGFG HIHI HJHJ KLKL MNMN| I cannot praise thee By his instrument | A |
| The master sits and moves nor foot nor hand | B |
| For see the organ pipes this that way bent | C |
| Leaning o'erthrown like wheat stalks tempest fanned | B |
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| I well could praise thee for a flower a dove | D |
| But not for life that is not life in me | E |
| Not for a being that is less than love | D |
| A barren shoal half lifted from a sea | E |
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| Unto a land where no wind bloweth ships | F |
| Thy wind one day will blow me to my own | G |
| Rather I'd kiss no more their loving lips | F |
| Than carry them a heart so poor and prone | G |
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| I bless thee Father thou art what thou art | H |
| That thou dost know thyself what thou dost know | I |
| A perfect simple tender rhythmic heart | H |
| Beating its blood to all in bounteous flow | I |
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| And I can bless thee too for every smart | H |
| For every disappointment ache and fear | J |
| For every hook thou fixest in my heart | H |
| For every burning cord that draws me near | J |
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| But prayer these wake not song Thyself I crave | K |
| Come thou or all thy gifts away I fling | L |
| Thou silent I am but an empty grave | K |
| Think to me Father and I am a king | L |
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| My organ pipes will then stand up awake | M |
| Their life soar as from smouldering wood the blaze | N |
| And swift contending harmonies shall shake | M |
| Thy windows with a storm of jubilant praise | N |
George Macdonald
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