Heavenly Love Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FGFG HIHI BJKJ HLHL| Eternal spring of boundless grace | A |
| It lifts the soul above | B |
| Where God the Son unveils his face | A |
| And shows that Heaven is love | B |
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| Love that revolves through endless years | C |
| Love that can never pall | D |
| Love which excludes the gloom of fears | C |
| Love to whom God is all | E |
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| Love which can ransom every slave | F |
| And set the pris'ner free | G |
| Gild the dark horrors of the grave | F |
| And still the raging sea | G |
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| Let but the partial smile of Heaven | H |
| Upon the bosom play | I |
| The mystic sound of sins forgiven | H |
| Can waft the soul away | I |
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| The pilgrim's spirits show this love | B |
| They often soar on high | J |
| Languish from this dim earth to move | K |
| And leave the flesh to die | J |
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| Sing oh my soul rise up and run | H |
| And leave this clay behind | L |
| illegible ing thy swift flight beyond the sun | H |
| Nor dwell in tents confined | L |
George Moses Horton
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