God's Light-houses Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE CGDG HIJI KDLD MNON| When night falls on the earth the sea | A |
| From east to west lies twinkling bright | B |
| With shining beams from beacons high | C |
| Which flash afar a friendly light | B |
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| The sailor's eyes like eyes in prayer | D |
| Turn unto them for guiding ray | E |
| If storms obscure their radiance | F |
| The great ships helpless grope their way | E |
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| When night falls on the earth the sky | C |
| Looks like a wide a boundless main | G |
| Who knows what voyagers sail there | D |
| Who names the ports they seek and gain | G |
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| Are not the stars like beacons set | H |
| To guide the argosies that go | I |
| From universe to universe | J |
| Our little world above below | I |
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| On their great errands solemn bent | K |
| In their vast journeys unaware | D |
| Of our small planet's name or place | L |
| Revolving in the lower air | D |
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| O thought too vast O thought too glad | M |
| An awe most rapturous it stirs | N |
| From world to world God's beacons shine | O |
| God means to save his mariners | N |
Helen Hunt Jackson
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