The Healer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB ACAC DEDE FGFG HIHI JKLK MNON PQRQ STST| TO A YOUNG PHYSICIAN WITH DORE'S PICTURE OF CHRIST | A |
| HEALING THE SICK | B |
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| So stood of old the holy Christ | A |
| Amidst the suffering throng | C |
| With whom His lightest touch sufficed | A |
| To make the weakest strong | C |
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| That healing gift He lends to them | D |
| Who use it in His name | E |
| The power that filled His garment's hem | D |
| Is evermore the same | E |
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| For lo in human hearts unseen | F |
| The Healer dwelleth still | G |
| And they who make His temples clean | F |
| The best subserve His will | G |
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| The holiest task by Heaven decreed | H |
| An errand all divine | I |
| The burden of our common need | H |
| To render less is thine | I |
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| The paths of pain are thine Go forth | J |
| With patience trust and hope | K |
| The sufferings of a sin sick earth | L |
| Shall give thee ample scope | K |
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| Beside the unveiled mysteries | M |
| Of life and death go stand | N |
| With guarded lips and reverent eyes | O |
| And pure of heart and hand | N |
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| So shalt thou be with power endued | P |
| From Him who went about | Q |
| The Syrian hillsides doing good | R |
| And casting demons out | Q |
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| That Good Physician liveth yet | S |
| Thy friend and guide to be | T |
| The Healer by Gennesaret | S |
| Shall walk the rounds with thee | T |
John Greenleaf Whittier
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