The King Initiate Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDE FGFGHH IJIJKK L| They took Iesous and scourged him St John | A |
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| Age after age the world has wept | B |
| A joy supreme I saw the hands | C |
| Whose fiery radiations swept | B |
| And burned away his earthly bands | C |
| And where they smote the living dyes | D |
| Flashed like the plumes of paradise | E |
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| Their joys the heavy nations hush | F |
| A form of purple glory rose | G |
| Crowned with such rays of light as flush | F |
| The white peaks on their towering snows | G |
| It held the magic wand that gave | H |
| Rule over earth air fire and wave | H |
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| What sorrow makes the white cheeks wet | I |
| The mystic cross looms shadowy dim | J |
| There where the fourfold powers have met | I |
| And poured their living tides through him | J |
| The Son who hides his radiant crest | K |
| To the dark Father's bosom pressed | K |
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| June | L |
George William Russell
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