The Holy Snowdrops Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGI| Of old with goodwill from the skies | A |
| The holy angels came | B |
| They walked the earth with human eyes | A |
| And passed away in flame | B |
| - | |
| But now the angels are withdrawn | C |
| Because the flowers can speak | D |
| With Christ we see the dayspring dawn | C |
| In every snowdrop meek | D |
| - | |
| God sends them forth to God they tend | E |
| Not less with love they burn | F |
| That to the earth they lowly bend | E |
| And unto dust return | F |
| - | |
| No miracle in them hath place | G |
| For this world is their home | H |
| An utterance of essential grace | G |
| The angel snowdrops come | I |
George Macdonald
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