Henry Kendall

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Elijah Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPMQRS TLUCVWXYLZA2B2C2D2E2 F2G2 H2C2I2J2UK2L2M2N2O2P 2Q2R2WS2T2GMU2 V2W2TLNX2Y2Z2F2A3LB3 E2C3D3E3F3Z2G3H3I3J3

INTO that good old Hebrew s soul sublimeA
The spirit of the wilderness had passedB
For where the thunders of imperial StormC
Rolled over mighty hills and where the cavesD
Of cloud capt Horeb rang with hurricaneE
And where wild featured Solitude did holdF
Supreme dominion there the prophet sawG
And heard and felt that large mysterious lifeH
Which lies remote from cities in the woodsI
And rocks and waters of the mountained EarthJ
And so it came to pass Elijah caughtK
That scholarship which gave him power to seeL
And solve the deep divinity that liesM
With Nature under lordly forest domesN
And by the seas and so his spirit waxedO
Made strong and perfect by its fellowshipP
With God s authentic world until his eyesM
Became a splendour and his face was asQ
A glory with the vision of the seerR
Thereafter thundering in the towns of menS
His voice a trumpet of the Lord did shakeT
All evil to its deep foundations HeL
The hairy man who ran before the kingU
Like some wild spectre fleeting through the stormC
What time Jezreel s walls were smitten hardV
By fourfold wind and rain twas he who slewW
The liars at the altars of the godsX
And at the very threshold of a throneY
Heaped curses on its impious lord twas heL
Jehovah raised to grapple Sin that stalkedZ
Arrayed about with kingship and to strikeA2
Through gold and purple to the heart of itB2
And therefore Falsehood quaked before his faceC2
And Tyranny grew dumb at sight of himD2
And Lust and Murder raged abroad no moreE2
But where these were he walked a shining sonF2
Of Truth and cleared and sanctified the landG2
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Not always was the dreaded Tishbite sternH2
The scourge of despots when he saw the faceC2
Of Love in sorrow by the bed of DeathI2
Grew tender as a maid and she who missedJ2
A little mouth that used to catch and clingU
A small sweet trouble at her yearning breastK2
Yea she of Zarephath who sat and mournedL2
The silence of a birdlike voice that madeM2
Her flutter with the joy of motherhoodN2
In other days she came to know the heartO2
Of Pity that the rugged prophet hadP2
And when he took the soft still child awayQ2
And laid it on his bed and in the darkR2
Sent up a pleading voice to Heaven and drewW
The little body to his breast and heldS2
It there until the bright young soul returnedT2
To earth again the gladdened woman sawG
A radiant beauty in Elijah s eyesM
And knew the stranger was a man of GodU2
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We want a new Elijah in these daysV2
A mighty spirit clad in shining armsW2
Of Truth yea one whose lifted voice would breakT
Like thunder on our modern ApathyL
And shake the fanes of Falsehood from their domesN
Down to the firm foundations one whose wordsX2
Directly coming from a source divineY2
Would fall like flame where Vice holds festivalZ2
And search the inmost heart of nations oneF2
Made godlike with that scholarship supremeA3
Which comes of suffering one with eyes to seeL
The very core of things with hands to graspB3
High opportunities and use them forE2
His glorious mission one whose face inspiredC3
Would wear a terror for the lying soulD3
But seem a glory in the sight of thoseE3
Who make the light and sweetness of the worldF3
And are the high priests of the BeautifulZ2
Yea one like this we want amongst us nowG3
To drive away the evil fogs that chokeH3
Our social atmosphere and leave it clearI3
And pure and hallowed with authentic lightJ3

Henry Kendall



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