Now Winter Past, The White-thorn Bower. (hymn) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDE FGFG EFEF HIHI JFJF FFFF| Thy gentleness hath made me great | A |
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| Now winter past the white thorn bower | B |
| Breaks forth and buds down all the glen | C |
| Now spreads the leaf and grows the flower | B |
| So grows the life of God in men | C |
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| Oh my child God most gentle King | D |
| To me Thy waxing glory show | E |
| Wake in my heart as wakes the spring | D |
| Grow as the leaf and lily grow | E |
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| I was a child when Thou a child | F |
| Didst make Thyself again to me | G |
| And holy harmless undefiled | F |
| Play'd at Thy mother Mary's knee | G |
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| Thou gav'st Thy pure example so | E |
| The copy in my childish breast | F |
| Was a child's copy I did know | E |
| God made in childhood manifest | F |
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| Now I am grown and Thou art grown | H |
| The God man strong to love to will | I |
| Who was alone yet not alone | H |
| Held in His Father's presence still | I |
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| Now do I know Thee for my cure | J |
| My peace the Absolver for me set | F |
| Thy goings pass through deeps obscure | J |
| But Thou with me art gentle yet | F |
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| Long suffering Lord to man reveal'd | F |
| As One that e'en the child doth wait | F |
| Thy full salvation is my shield | F |
| Thy gentleness hath made me great | F |
Jean Ingelow
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