Ascension Day Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEDE CFCG DHDH IJIJ KLKL MNMN OCPC QRQR STST UVUV WXWX| Why stand ye gazing up into Heaven this same Jesus which | A |
| is taken up from you into Heaven shall so come in like | B |
| manner as ye have seen Him go into Heaven Acts i | C |
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| Soft cloud that while the breeze of May | D |
| Chants her glad matins in the leafy arch | E |
| Draw'st thy bright veil across the heavenly way | D |
| Meet pavement for an angel's glorious march | E |
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| My soul is envious of mine eye | C |
| That it should soar and glide with thee so fast | F |
| The while my grovelling thoughts half buried lie | C |
| Or lawless roam around this earthly waste | G |
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| Chains of my heart avaunt I say | D |
| I will arise and in the strength of love | H |
| Pursue the bright track ere it fade away | D |
| My Saviour's pathway to His home above | H |
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| Sure when I reach the point where earth | I |
| Melts into nothing from th' uncumbered sight | J |
| Heaven will o'ercome th' attraction of my birth | I |
| And I shall sink in yonder sea of light | J |
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| Till resting by th' incarnate LORD | K |
| Once bleeding now triumphant for my sake | L |
| I mark Him how by seraph hosts adored | K |
| He to earth's lowest cares is still awake | L |
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| The sun and every vassal star | M |
| All space beyond the soar of angel wings | N |
| Wait on His word and yet He stays His car | M |
| For every sigh a contrite suppliant brings | N |
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| He listens to the silent tear | O |
| For all the anthems of the boundless sky | C |
| And shall our dreams of music bar our ear | P |
| To His soul piercing voice for ever nigh | C |
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| Nay gracious Saviour but as now | Q |
| Our thoughts have traced Thee to Thy glory throne | R |
| So help us evermore with thee to bow | Q |
| Where human sorrow breathes her lowly moan | R |
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| We must not stand to gaze too long | S |
| Though on unfolding Heaven our gaze we bend | T |
| Where lost behind the bright angelic throng | S |
| We see CHRIST'S entering triumph slow ascend | T |
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| No fear but we shall soon behold | U |
| Faster than now it fades that gleam revive | V |
| When issuing from his cloud of fiery gold | U |
| Our wasted frames feel the true sun and live | V |
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| Then shall we see Thee as Thou art | W |
| For ever fixed in no unfruitful gaze | X |
| But such as lifts the new created heart | W |
| Age after age in worthier love and praise | X |
John Keble
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