Hymn I Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGAGAHIHI JFJFKDKDLMLMNONPDQDQ| O THOU whose presence went before | A |
| Our fathers in their weary way | B |
| As with Thy chosen moved of yore | A |
| The fire by night the cloud by day | B |
| When from each temple of the free | C |
| A nation's song ascends to Heaven | D |
| Most Holy Father unto Thee | C |
| May not our humble prayer be given | D |
| Thy children all though hue and form | E |
| Are varied in Thine own good will | F |
| With Thy own holy breathings warm | E |
| And fashioned in Thine image still | F |
| We thank Thee Father hill and plain | G |
| Around us wave their fruits once more | A |
| And clustered vine and blossomed grain | G |
| Are bending round each cottage door | A |
| And peace is here and hope and love | H |
| Are round us as a mantle thrown | I |
| And unto Thee supreme above | H |
| The knee of prayer is bowed alone | I |
| But oh for those this day can bring | J |
| As unto us no joyful thrill | F |
| For those who under Freedom's wing | J |
| Are bound in Slavery's fetters still | F |
| For those to whom Thy written word | K |
| Of light and love is never given | D |
| For those whose ears have never heard | K |
| The promise and the hope of heaven | D |
| For broken heart and clouded mind | L |
| Whereon no human mercies fall | M |
| Oh be Thy gracious love inclined | L |
| Who as a Father pitiest all | M |
| And grant O Father that the time | N |
| Of Earth's deliverance may be near | O |
| When every land and tongue and clime | N |
| The message of Thy love shall hear | P |
| When smitten as with fire from heaven | D |
| The captive's chain shall sink in dust | Q |
| And to his fettered soul be given | D |
| The glorious freedom of the just | Q |
John Greenleaf Whittier
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