The Call Of The Christian Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFEF GHGHIJIJ KFKFLMLM NFOPQRSR FFFFTUTU JVJVWKWK BXDXYZYZ| Not always as the whirlwind's rush | A |
| On Horeb's mount of fear | B |
| Not always as the burning bush | C |
| To Midian's shepherd seer | D |
| Nor as the awful voice which came | E |
| To Israel's prophet bards | F |
| Nor as the tongues of cloven flame | E |
| Nor gift of fearful words | F |
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| Not always thus with outward sign | G |
| Of fire or voice from Heaven | H |
| The message of a truth divine | G |
| The call of God is given | H |
| Awaking in the human heart | I |
| Love for the true and right | J |
| Zeal for the Christian's better part | I |
| Strength for the Christian's fight | J |
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| Nor unto manhood's heart alone | K |
| The holy influence steals | F |
| Warm with a rapture not its own | K |
| The heart of woman feels | F |
| As she who by Samaria's wall | L |
| The Saviour's errand sought | M |
| As those who with the fervent Paul | L |
| And meek Aquila wrought | M |
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| Or those meek ones whose martyrdom | N |
| Rome's gathered grandeur saw | F |
| Or those who in their Alpine home | O |
| Braved the Crusader's war | P |
| When the green Vaudois trembling heard | Q |
| Through all its vales of death | R |
| The martyr's song of triumph poured | S |
| From woman's failing breath | R |
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| And gently by a thousand things | F |
| Which o'er our spirits pass | F |
| Like breezes o'er the harp's fine strings | F |
| Or vapors o'er a glass | F |
| Leaving their token strange and new | T |
| Of music or of shade | U |
| The summons to the right and true | T |
| And merciful is made | U |
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| Oh then if gleams of truth and light | J |
| Flash o'er thy waiting mind | V |
| Unfolding to thy mental sight | J |
| The wants of human kind | V |
| If brooding over human grief | W |
| The earnest wish is known | K |
| To soothe and gladden with relief | W |
| An anguish not thine own | K |
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| Though heralded with naught of fear | B |
| Or outward sign or show | X |
| Though only to the inward ear | D |
| It whispers soft and low | X |
| Though dropping as the manna fell | Y |
| Unseen yet from above | Z |
| Noiseless as dew fall heed it well | Y |
| Thy Father's call of love | Z |
John Greenleaf Whittier
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