Hymn Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BABA CDBD EFEF GHGH IJIJ FKFK LAMA| SUNG AT CHRISTMAS BY THE SCHOLARS OF ST HELENA'S ISLAND S C | A |
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| O none in all the world before | B |
| Were ever glad as we | A |
| We're free on Carolina's shore | B |
| We're all at home and free | A |
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| Thou Friend and Helper of the poor | C |
| Who suffered for our sake | D |
| To open every prison door | B |
| And every yoke to break | D |
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| Bend low Thy pitying face and mild | E |
| And help us sing and pray | F |
| The hand that blessed the little child | E |
| Upon our foreheads lay | F |
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| We hear no more the driver's horn | G |
| No more the whip we fear | H |
| This holy day that saw Thee born | G |
| Was never half so dear | H |
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| The very oaks are greener clad | I |
| The waters brighter smile | J |
| Oh never shone a day so glad | I |
| On sweet St Helen's Isle | J |
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| We praise Thee in our songs to day | F |
| To Thee in prayer we call | K |
| Make swift the feet and straight the way | F |
| Of freedom unto all | K |
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| Come once again O blessed Lord | L |
| Come walking on the sea | A |
| And let the mainlands hear the word | M |
| That sets the islands free | A |
John Greenleaf Whittier
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