Holy Communion Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHIHJKLK IMDMFNON HPHPQRIR STUTVPWP XYAYZA2LA2| We were wearied in the battle | A |
| Tempted and pained and tried | B |
| By day the din and the carnage | C |
| By night the rain's fierce tide | B |
| But we heard a loving message | D |
| From the Prince's tent it came | E |
| Each meet in the banqueting house | F |
| In memory of my name | E |
| - | |
| We gathered a motley regiment | G |
| Some young in the war of life | H |
| Some chiefs in the Royal Army | I |
| Some old and sick with strife | H |
| Some limped in the sacred pathway | J |
| Some were foot sore and worn | K |
| Some had their lances all shivered | L |
| Some had their banners torn | K |
| - | |
| And we all looked dim and dusty | I |
| We all were stained with sin | M |
| But we held the Prince's message | D |
| And the porter said Come in | M |
| We went to the banqueting house | F |
| We sat at the Prince's board | N |
| There we polished each his helmet | O |
| We sharpened each his sword | N |
| - | |
| Our Prince we talked of his strife | H |
| The forlorn hope He had led | P |
| How He opened the gates of life | H |
| And rescued from Death the dead | P |
| And with Him we saw a bright host | Q |
| Our comrades gone on before | R |
| The right wing of our army | I |
| Upon the farther shore | R |
| - | |
| And the festering wound was healed | S |
| The banners were made whole | T |
| Mists rolled back from the almost blind | U |
| Faith lit each warrior's soul | T |
| We drank of the fruit of the vine | V |
| We ate the living bread | P |
| The holy benediction fell | W |
| With healing on each head | P |
| - | |
| We entered in poor worn soldiers | X |
| We came out bolder knights | Y |
| To march on to the Prince's battle | A |
| And war for His glorious rights | Y |
| For had we not each re taken | Z |
| The oath of allegiance high | A2 |
| And sworn round the Royal Standard | L |
| To conquer or to die | A2 |
Harriet Annie Wilkins
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