The Building Of The Temple (an Anthem Heard In Canterbury Cathedral) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCD EF GA H IJIKLKK H MBMN O PQPRLPJPP J SFTF O UVUVWXWX J BYNY BZNA2 O F J B2 O B2 J F O B2F J B2F O B2 J F| The Organ | A |
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| O Lord our God we are strangers before Thee and sojourners as were | B |
| all our fathers our days on the earth are as a shadow and there is | C |
| none abiding | D |
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| O Lord God of our fathers keep this for ever in the imagination of | E |
| the thoughts of Thy people and prepare their heart unto Thee | F |
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| And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart to keep Thy commandments | G |
| and to build the palace for the which I have made provision | A |
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| Boys' voices | H |
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| O come to the Palace of Life | I |
| Let us build it again | J |
| It was founded on terror and strife | I |
| It was laid in the curse of the womb | K |
| And pillared on toil and pain | L |
| And hung with veils of doom | K |
| And vaulted with the darkness of the tomb | K |
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| Men's voices | H |
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| O Lord our God we are sojourners here for a day | M |
| Strangers and sojourners as all our fathers were | B |
| Our years on the earth are a shadow that fadeth away | M |
| Grant us light for our labour and a time for prayer | N |
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| Boys | O |
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| But now with endless song | P |
| And joy fulfilling the Law | Q |
| Of passion as pure as strong | P |
| And pleasure undimmed of awe | R |
| With garners of wine and grain | L |
| Laid up for the ages long | P |
| Let us build the Palace again | J |
| And enter with endless song | P |
| Enter and dwell secure forgetting the years of wrong | P |
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| Men | J |
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| O Lord our God we are strangers and sojourners here | S |
| Our beginning was night and our end is hid in Thee | F |
| Our labour on the earth is hope redeeming fear | T |
| In sorrow we build for the days we shall not see | F |
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| Boys | O |
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| Great is the name | U |
| Of the strong and skilled | V |
| Lasting the fame | U |
| Of them that build | V |
| The tongues of many nations | W |
| Shall speak of our praise | X |
| And far generations | W |
| Be glad for our days | X |
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| Men | J |
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| We are sojourners here as all our fathers were | B |
| As all our children shall be forgetting and forgot | Y |
| The fame of man is a murmur that passeth on the air | N |
| We perish indeed if Thou remember not | Y |
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| We are sojourners here as all our fathers were | B |
| Strangers travelling down to the land of death | Z |
| There is neither work nor device nor knowledge there | N |
| O grant us might for our labour and to rest in faith | A2 |
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| Boys | O |
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| In joy in the joy of the light to be | F |
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| Men | J |
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| O Father of Lights unvarying and true | B2 |
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| Boys | O |
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| Let us build the Palace of Life anew | B2 |
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| Men | J |
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| Let us build for the years we shall not see | F |
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| Boys | O |
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| Lofty of line and glorious of hue | B2 |
| With gold and pearl and with the cedar tree | F |
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| Men | J |
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| With silence due | B2 |
| And with service free | F |
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| Boys | O |
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| Let us build it for ever in splendour new | B2 |
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| Men | J |
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| Let us build in hope and in sorrow and rest in Thee | F |
Henry Newbolt
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