Instruction Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD BEBFGFG HIHIJKJK| From heaven descend the drops of dew | A |
| From heaven the gracious showers | B |
| Earth's winter aspect to renew | A |
| And clothe the spring with flowers | B |
| From heaven the beams of morning flow | C |
| That melt the gloom of night | D |
| From heaven the evening breezes blow | C |
| Health fragrance and delight | D |
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| Like genial dew like fertile showers | B |
| The words of wisdom fall | E |
| Awaken man's unconscious powers | B |
| Like morning beams they strike the mind | F |
| Its loveliness reveals | G |
| And softly then the evening wind | F |
| The wounded spirit heals | G |
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| As dew and rain as light and air | H |
| From heaven instruction came | I |
| The waste of nature to repair | H |
| Kindle a sacred flame | I |
| A flame to purify the earth | J |
| Exalt her sons on high | K |
| And train them for their second birth | J |
| Their birth beyond the sky | K |
James Montgomery
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