Son-days Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDEDE FGFGHIHI JHKLMNMNA | |
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Bright shadows of true Rest some shoots of bliss | B |
Heaven once a week | C |
The next world's gladness prepossest in this | B |
A day to seek | C |
Eternity in time the steps by which | D |
We Climb above all ages Lamps that light | E |
Man through his heap of dark days and the rich | D |
And full redemption of the whole week's flight | E |
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The Pulleys unto headlong man time's bower | F |
The narrow way | G |
Transplanted Paradise God's walking hour | F |
The Cool o'th' day | G |
The Creatures' Jubilee God's parle with dust | H |
Heaven here Man on the hills of Myrrh and flowers | I |
Angels descending the Returns of Trust | H |
A Gleam of glory after six days' showers | I |
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The Church's love feasts Time's Prerogative | J |
And Interest | H |
Deducted from the whole The Combs and hive | K |
And home of rest | L |
The milky way chalked out with suns a clue | M |
That guides through erring hours and in full story | N |
A taste of Heav'n on earth the pledge and cue | M |
Of a full feast And the Out Courts of glory | N |
Henry Vaughan
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