The Holy Snowdrops Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGIOf 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 |
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But now the angels are withdrawn | C |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 |
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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 |
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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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