Hymn For The Opening Of Thomas Starr King's House Of Worship, 1864 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAA BBB CCC DDD EEE FFF GGG HHH IJI KKK LMM FFF NNN OPO QQQ| Amidst these glorious works of Thine | A |
| The solemn minarets of the pine | A |
| And awful Shasta's icy shrine | A |
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| Where swell Thy hymns from wave and gale | B |
| And organ thunders never fail | B |
| Behind the cataract's silver veil | B |
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| Our puny walls to Thee we raise | C |
| Our poor reed music sounds Thy praise | C |
| Forgive O Lord our childish ways | C |
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| For kneeling on these altar stairs | D |
| We urge Thee not with selfish prayers | D |
| Nor murmur at our daily cares | D |
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| Before Thee in an evil day | E |
| Our country's bleeding heart we lay | E |
| And dare not ask Thy hand to stay | E |
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| But through the war cloud pray to Thee | F |
| For union but a union free | F |
| With peace that comes of purity | F |
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| That Thou wilt bare Thy arm to save | G |
| And smiting through this Red Sea wave | G |
| Make broad a pathway for the slave | G |
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| For us confessing all our need | H |
| We trust nor rite nor word nor deed | H |
| Nor yet the broken staff of creed | H |
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| Assured alone that Thou art good | I |
| To each as to the multitude | J |
| Eternal Love and Fatherhood | I |
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| Weak sinful blind to Thee we kneel | K |
| Stretch dumbly forth our hands and feel | K |
| Our weakness is our strong appeal | K |
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| So by these Western gates of Even | L |
| We wait to see with Thy forgiven | M |
| The opening Golden Gate of Heaven | M |
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| Suffice it now In time to be | F |
| Shall holier altars rise to Thee | F |
| Thy Church our broad humanity | F |
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| White flowers of love its walls shall climb | N |
| Soft bells of peace shall ring its chime | N |
| Its days shall all be holy time | N |
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| A sweeter song shall then be heard | O |
| The music of the world's accord | P |
| Confessing Christ the Inward Word | O |
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| That song shall swell from shore to shore | Q |
| One hope one faith one love restore | Q |
| The seamless robe that Jesus wore | Q |
John Greenleaf Whittier
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