Thou That Sleepest Not Afraid. (hymn) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDD EEAADD FFGGDD HHIIDD EEJJDD| Awake thou that sleepest and arise from the dead and Christ shall give thee light | A |
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| Thou that sleepest not afraid | B |
| Men and angels thee upbraid | B |
| Rise cry cry to God aloud | C |
| Ere the swift hours weave thy shroud | C |
| O for Jesus' sake | D |
| Wake | D |
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| Thee full ill doth it beseem | E |
| Through the dark to drowse and dream | E |
| In the dead time of the night | A |
| Here is One can give thee light | A |
| O for Jesus' sake | D |
| Wake | D |
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| The year passeth it and all | F |
| God shall take and shall let fall | F |
| Soon into the whelming sea | G |
| Of His wide eternity | G |
| O for Jesus' sake | D |
| Wake | D |
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| Noiseless as the flakes of snow | H |
| The last moments falter and go | H |
| The time angel sent this way | I |
| Sweeps them like a drift away | I |
| O for Jesus' sake | D |
| Wake | D |
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| Loved and watch'd of heaven for whom | E |
| The crowned Saviour there makes room | E |
| Sleeper hark He calls thee rise | J |
| Lift thy head and raise thine eyes | J |
| Now for Jesus' sake | D |
| Wake | D |
Jean Ingelow
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