Litany To Satan (from Baudelaire) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAB CCB DEB FFB GGG GGG HHG IIG JJG KKG LLG MMG NOG PQG| O grandest of the Angels and most wise | A |
| O fallen God fate driven from the skies | A |
| Satan at last take pity on our pain | B |
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| O first of exiles who endurest wrong | C |
| Yet growest in thy hatred still more strong | C |
| Satan at last take pity on our pain | B |
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| O subterranean King omniscient | D |
| Healer of man's immortal discontent | E |
| Satan at last take pity on our pain | B |
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| To lepers and to outcasts thou dost show | F |
| That Passion is the Paradise below | F |
| Satan at last take pity on our pain | B |
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| Thou by thy mistress Death hast given to man | G |
| Hope the imperishable courtesan | G |
| Satan at last take pity on our pain | G |
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| Thou givest to the Guilty their calm mien | G |
| Which damns the crowd around the guillotine | G |
| Satan at last take pity on our pain | G |
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| Thou knowest the corners of the jealous Earth | H |
| Where God has hidden jewels of great worth | H |
| Satan at last take pity on our pain | G |
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| Thou dost discover by mysterious signs | I |
| Where sleep the buried people of the mines | I |
| Satan at last take pity on our pain | G |
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| Thou stretchest forth a saving hand to keep | J |
| Such men as roam upon the roofs in sleep | J |
| Satan at last take pity on our pain | G |
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| Thy power can make the halting Drunkard's feet | K |
| Avoid the peril of the surging street | K |
| Satan at last take pity on our pain | G |
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| Thou to console our helplessness didst plot | L |
| The cunning use of powder and of shot | L |
| Satan at last take pity on our pain | G |
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| Thy awful name is written as with pitch | M |
| On the unrelenting foreheads of the rich | M |
| Satan at last take pity on our pain | G |
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| In strange and hidden places thou dost move | N |
| Where women cry for torture in their love | O |
| Satan at last take pity on our pain | G |
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| Father of those whom God's tempestuous ire | P |
| Has flung from Paradise with sword and fire | Q |
| Satan at last take pity on our pain | G |
James Elroy Flecker
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