Benedicite Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAA BCC DDD EEE FFF GGG FFF HII JJJ KKK LLL MMM GGG| God's love and peace be with thee where | A |
| Soe'er this soft autumnal air | A |
| Lifts the dark tresses of thy hair | A |
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| Whether through city casements comes | B |
| Its kiss to thee in crowded rooms | C |
| Or out among the woodland blooms | C |
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| It freshens o'er thy thoughtful face | D |
| Imparting in its glad embrace | D |
| Beauty to beauty grace to grace | D |
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| Fair Nature's book together read | E |
| The old wood paths that knew our tread | E |
| The maple shadows overhead | E |
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| The hills we climbed the river seen | F |
| By gleams along its deep ravine | F |
| All keep thy memory fresh and green | F |
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| Where'er I look where'er I stray | G |
| Thy thought goes with me on my way | G |
| And hence the prayer I breathe to day | G |
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| O'er lapse of time and change of scene | F |
| The weary waste which lies between | F |
| Thyself and me my heart I lean | F |
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| Thou lack'st not Friendship's spell word nor | H |
| The half unconscious power to draw | I |
| All hearts to thine by Love's sweet law | I |
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| With these good gifts of God is cast | J |
| Thy lot and many a charm thou hast | J |
| To hold the blessed angels fast | J |
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| If then a fervent wish for thee | K |
| The gracious heavens will heed from me | K |
| What should dear heart its burden be | K |
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| The sighing of a shaken reed | L |
| What can I more than meekly plead | L |
| The greatness of our common need | L |
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| God's love unchanging pure and true | M |
| The Paraclete white shining through | M |
| His peace the fall of Hermon's dew | M |
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| With such a prayer on this sweet day | G |
| As thou mayst hear and I may say | G |
| I greet thee dearest far away | G |
John Greenleaf Whittier
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