Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Gates Of Brass; Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH ABAB| Lift up your heads ye gates of brass | A |
| Ye bars of iron yield | B |
| And let the King of glory pass | A |
| The Cross is in the field | B |
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| A holy war his servants wage | C |
| Mysteriously at strife | D |
| The powers of heaven and hell engage | C |
| For more than death or life | D |
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| Ye armies of the living God | E |
| His sacramental host | F |
| Where hallowed footstep never trod | E |
| Take your appointed post | F |
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| Follow the Cross the ark of Peace | G |
| Accompany your path | H |
| To souls imprisoned bring release | G |
| From bondage and from wrath | H |
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| Uplifted are the gates of brass | A |
| The bars of iron yield | B |
| Behold the King of glory pass | A |
| The Cross has won the field | B |
James Montgomery
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