Far From My Heavenly Home Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FGHG IJKJ| Far from my heavenly home | A |
| Far from my Father s breast | B |
| Fainting I cry blest Spirit come | C |
| And speed me to my rest | B |
| - | |
| My spirit homeward turns | D |
| And fain would thither flee | E |
| My heart O Zion droops and yearns | D |
| When I remember thee | E |
| - | |
| To thee to thee I press | F |
| A dark and toilsome road | G |
| When shall I pass the wilderness | H |
| And reach the saint s abode | G |
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| God of my life be near | I |
| On Thee my hopes I cast | J |
| O guide me through the desert here | K |
| And bring me home at last | J |
Henry Francis Lyte
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