Burial Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGHF IJKKJ LMNNM OPQQP RSTUS VQWWX YZA2A2Z OB2DDC2 D2E2F2F2O FG2H2H2G2 NC2I2I2C2 J2K2DDL2 GD2M2M2D2And when the Lord saw her He had compassion on her and said unto | A |
her Weep not And He came and touched the bier and they that | B |
bare him stood still And He said Young man I say unto thee | C |
Arise St Luke vii | D |
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Who says the wan autumnal soon | E |
Beams with too faint a smile | F |
To light up nature's face again | G |
And though the year be on this wane | H |
With thoughts of spring the heart beguile | F |
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Waft him thou soft September breeze | I |
And gently lay him down | J |
Within some circling woodland wall | K |
Where bright leaves reddening ere they fall | K |
Wave gaily o'er the waters brown | J |
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And let some graceful arch be there | L |
With wreathed mullions proud | M |
With burnished ivy for its screen | N |
And moss that glows as fresh and green | N |
As thought beneath an April cloud | M |
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Who says the widow's heart must break | O |
The childless mother sink | P |
A kinder truer voice I hear | Q |
Which e'en beside that mournful bier | Q |
Whence parents' eyes would hopeless shrink | P |
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Bids weep no more O heart bereft | R |
How strange to thee that sound | S |
A widow o'er her only son | T |
Feeling more bitterly alone | U |
For friends that press officious round | S |
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Yet is the voice of comfort heard | V |
For Christ hath touched the bier | Q |
The bearers wait with wondering eye | W |
The swelling bosom dares not sigh | W |
But all is still 'twixt hope and fear | X |
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E'en such an awful soothing calm | Y |
We sometimes see alight | Z |
On Christian mourners while they wait | A2 |
In silence by some churchyard gate | A2 |
Their summons to this holy rite | Z |
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And such the tones of love which break | O |
The stillness of that hour | B2 |
Quelling th' embittered spirit's strife | D |
The Resurrection and the Life | D |
Am I believe and die no more | C2 |
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Unchanged that voice and though not yet | D2 |
The dead sit up and speak | E2 |
Answering its call we gladlier rest | F2 |
Our darlings on earth's quiet breast | F2 |
And our hearts feel they must not break | O |
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Far better they should sleep awhile | F |
Within the Church's shade | G2 |
Nor wake until new heaven new earth | H2 |
Meet for their new immortal birth | H2 |
For their abiding place be made | G2 |
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Than wander back to life and lean | N |
On our frail love once more | C2 |
'Tis sweet as year by year we lose | I2 |
Friends out of sight in faith to muse | I2 |
How grows in Paradise our store | C2 |
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Then pass ye mourners cheerly on | J2 |
Through prayer unto the tomb | K2 |
Still as ye watch life's falling leaf | D |
Gathering from every loss and grief | D |
Hope of new spring and endless home | L2 |
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Then cheerly to your work again | G |
With hearts new braced and set | D2 |
To run untired love's blessed race | M2 |
As meet for those who face to face | M2 |
Over the grave their Lord have met | D2 |
John Keble
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