Sonnet. (exodus Xxxiii. 18-23.) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBACDCEFF| I do beseech Thee God show me thy face | A |
| Come up to me in Sinai on the morn | B |
| Thou shalt behold as much as may be borne | B |
| And Moses on a rock stood lone in space | A |
| From Sinai's top the vaporous thunderous place | A |
| God passed in clouds an earthly garment worn | B |
| To hide and thus reveal In love not scorn | B |
| He put him in a cleft in the rock's base | A |
| Covered him with his hand his eyes to screen | C |
| Then passed and showed his back through mists of years | D |
| Ah Moses had He turned and hadst thou seen | C |
| The pale face crowned with thorns baptized with tears | E |
| The eyes of the true man by men belied | F |
| Thou hadst beheld God's face and straightway died | F |
George Macdonald
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