Revelation Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACC DEDEE FGHGG IJIJJ KLKMM NONOP QRQS TDTDD UGUGG VWVWW XYXYY| Still as of old in Beavor's Vale | A |
| O man of God our hope and faith | B |
| The Elements and Stars assail | A |
| And the awed spirit holds its breath | C |
| Blown over by a wind of death | C |
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| Takes Nature thought for such as we | D |
| What place her human atom fills | E |
| The weed drift of her careless sea | D |
| The mist on her unheeding hills | E |
| What reeks she of our helpless wills | E |
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| Strange god of Force with fear not love | F |
| Its trembling worshipper Can prayer | G |
| Reach the shut ear of Fate or move | H |
| Unpitying Energy to spare | G |
| What doth the cosmic Vastness care | G |
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| In vain to this dread Unconcern | I |
| For the All Father's love we look | J |
| In vain in quest of it we turn | I |
| The storied leaves of Nature's book | J |
| The prints her rocky tablets took | J |
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| I pray for faith I long to trust | K |
| I listen with my heart and hear | L |
| A Voice without a sound 'Be just | K |
| Be true be merciful revere | M |
| The Word within thee God is near | M |
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| 'A light to sky and earth unknown | N |
| Pales all their lights a mightier force | O |
| Than theirs the powers of Nature own | N |
| And to its goal as at its source | O |
| His Spirit moves the Universe | P |
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| 'Believe and trust Through stars and suns | Q |
| Through life and death through soul and sense | R |
| His wise paternal purpose runs | Q |
| The darkness of His providence | S |
| Is star lit with benign intents ' | - |
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| O joy supreme I know the Voice | T |
| Like none beside on earth or sea | D |
| Yea more O soul of mine rejoice | T |
| By all that He requires of me | D |
| I know what God himself must be | D |
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| No picture to my aid I call | U |
| I shape no image in my prayer | G |
| I only know in Him is all | U |
| Of life light beauty everywhere | G |
| Eternal Goodness here and there | G |
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| I know He is and what He is | V |
| Whose one great purpose is the good | W |
| Of all I rest my soul on His | V |
| Immortal Love and Fatherhood | W |
| And trust Him as His children should | W |
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| I fear no more The clouded face | X |
| Of Nature smiles through all her things | Y |
| Of time and space and sense I trace | X |
| The moving of the Spirit's wings | Y |
| And hear the song of hope she sings | Y |
John Greenleaf Whittier
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Bond Perry: This is a powerful affirmation of the mystery of the universe....for indeed, ' "we are held in love and mystery greater than we can ever know or understand" When asked if I believe in God...I get all tongue tied....but this poem speaks to me.
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