Song Of The Saints And Angels, January 26, 1885 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEDE FGFG DHDH IJIJ| Gordon the self refusing | A |
| Gordon the lover of God | B |
| Gordon the good part choosing | A |
| Welcome along the road | C |
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| Thou knowest the man O Father | D |
| To do thy will he ran | E |
| Men's praises he did not gather | D |
| There is scarce such another man | E |
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| Thy black sheep's faithful shepherd | F |
| Who knew not how to flee | G |
| Is torn by the desert leopard | F |
| And comes wounded home to thee | G |
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| Home he is coming the faster | D |
| That the way he could not miss | H |
| In thy arms oh take him Master | D |
| And heal him with a kiss | H |
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| Then give him a thousand cities | I |
| To rule till their evils cease | J |
| And their wailing minor ditties | I |
| Die in a psalm of peace | J |
George Macdonald
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