Non Nobis Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDB AEFFAE AGHHAG| Not unto us O Lord | A |
| Not unto us the rapture of the day | B |
| The peace of night or love's divine surprise | C |
| High heart high speech high deeds 'mid honouring eyes | C |
| For at Thy word | D |
| All these are taken away | B |
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| Not unto us O Lord | A |
| To us thou givest the scorn the scourge the scar | E |
| The ache of life the loneliness of death | F |
| The insufferable sufficiency of breath | F |
| And with Thy sword | A |
| Thou piercest very far | E |
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| Not unto us O Lord | A |
| Nay Lord but unto her be all things given | G |
| My light and life and earth and sky be blasted | H |
| But let not all that wealth of loss be wasted | H |
| Let Hell afford | A |
| The pavement of her Heaven | G |
Henry Cust
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