Jesus, The Lamb Of God. (hymn) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDD EEFF GGHH DDII JJBB KKLL MMNN OOPP LLHH GGQQ| Art Thou He that should come | A |
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| Jesus the Lamb of God gone forth to heal and bless | B |
| Calm lie the desert pools in a fair wilderness | C |
| Wind shaken moves the reed so moves His voice the soul | D |
| Sick folk surprised of joy wax when they hear it whole | D |
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| Calm all His mastering might calm smiles the desert waste | E |
| Peace peace He shall not cry nay He shall not make haste | E |
| Heaven gazes hell beneath moved for Him moans and stirs | F |
| Lo John lies fast in prison sick for his messengers | F |
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| John the forerunner John the desert's tameless son | G |
| Cast into loath d thrall his use and mission done | G |
| John from his darkness sends a cry but not a plea | H |
| Not Hast Thou felt my need but only Art Thou He | H |
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| Unspoken pines his hope grown weak in lingering dole | D |
| None know what pang that hour might pierce the Healer's soul | D |
| Silence that faints to Him but must e'en so be vain | I |
| A word the fetters fall He will that word restrain | I |
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| Jesus the Father's son bound in a mighty plan | J |
| Retired full oft in God show'd not His mind to man | J |
| Nor their great matters high His human lips confess | B |
| He will His wonders work and not make plain but bless | B |
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| The bournes of His wide way kept secret from all thought | K |
| Enring'd the outmost waste that evil power had wrought | K |
| His measure none can take His strife we are not shown | L |
| Nor if He gathered then more sheaves than earth hath grown | L |
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| John from the Christ of God an answer for all time | M |
| The proof of Sonship given in characters sublime | M |
| Sad hope will He make firm and fainting faith restore | N |
| But yet with mortal eyes will see His face no more | N |
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| He bow'd His sacred head to exigence austere | O |
| Unknown to us and dark first piercings of the spear | O |
| And to each martyr since 'tis even as if He said | P |
| Verily I am He I live and I was dead | P |
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| The All wise found a way a dark way dread unknown | L |
| I chose it will'd it Mine seal'd for My feet alone | L |
| Thou canst not therein walk yet thou hast part in Me | H |
| I will not break thy bonds but I am bound with thee | H |
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| With thee and for thee bound with thee and for thee given | G |
| A mystery seal'd from hell and wonder'd at in heaven | G |
| I send thee rest at heart to love and still believe | Q |
| But not for thee nor Me is found from death reprieve | Q |
Jean Ingelow
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