The Gospel Women 03: The Mother Of Zebedee's Children Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH AIAI JKJK LMLM NONO PQPQ| She knelt she bore a bold request | A |
| Though shy to speak it out | B |
| Ambition even in mother's breast | A |
| Before him stood in doubt | B |
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| What is it Grant thy promise now | C |
| My sons on thy right hand | D |
| And on thy left shall sit when thou | C |
| Art king Lord in the land | D |
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| Ye know not what ye ask There lay | E |
| A baptism and a cup | F |
| She understood not in the way | E |
| By which he must go up | F |
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| Her mother love would lift them high | G |
| Above their fellow men | H |
| Her woman pride would standing nigh | G |
| Share in their grandeur then | H |
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| Would she have joyed o'er prosperous quest | A |
| Counted her prayer well heard | I |
| Had they of three on Calvary's crest | A |
| Hung dying first and third | I |
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| She knoweth neither way nor end | J |
| In dark despair full soon | K |
| She will not mock the gracious friend | J |
| With prayer for any boon | K |
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| Higher than love could dream or dare | L |
| To ask he them will set | M |
| They shall his cup and baptism share | L |
| And share his kingdom yet | M |
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| They entering at his palace door | N |
| Will shun the lofty seat | O |
| Will gird themselves and water pour | N |
| And wash each other's feet | O |
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| Then down beside their lowly Lord | P |
| On the Father's throne shall sit | Q |
| For them who godlike help afford | P |
| God hath prepared it | Q |
George Macdonald
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