Hymn For St. John's Eve, 29th June Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCC AADD EEFF GHII| O sylvan prophet whose eternal fame | A |
| Echoes from Judah's hills and Jordan's stream | B |
| The music of our numbers raise | C |
| And tune our voices to thy praise | C |
| - | |
| A messenger from high Olympus came | A |
| To bear the tidings of thy life and name | A |
| And told thy sire each prodigy | D |
| That Heaven designed to work in thee | D |
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| Hearing the news and doubting in surprise | E |
| His falt'ring speech in fettered accent dies | E |
| But Providence with happy choice | F |
| In thee restored thy father's voice | F |
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| In the recess of Nature's dark abode | G |
| Though still enclosed yet knewest thou thy God | H |
| Whilst each glad parent told and blessed | I |
| The secrets of each other's breast | I |
John Dryden
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