Confirmation Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB ACAC DEDE FGFG AHAH AAAA IJIK HAHA ILIL AAAA| The shadow of th' Almighty's cloud | A |
| Calm on this tents of Israel lay | B |
| While drooping paused twelve banners proud | A |
| Till He arise and lead this way | B |
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| Then to the desert breeze unrolled | A |
| Cheerly the waving pennons fly | C |
| Lion or eagle each bright fold | A |
| A lodestar to a warrior's eye | C |
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| So should Thy champions ere this strife | D |
| By holy hands o'ershadowed kneel | E |
| So fearless for their charmed life | D |
| Bear to this end Thy Spirit's seal | E |
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| Steady and pure as stars that beam | F |
| In middle heaven all mist above | G |
| Seen deepest in this frozen stream | F |
| Such is their high courageous love | G |
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| And soft as pure and warm as bright | A |
| They brood upon life's peaceful hour | H |
| As if the Dove that guides their flight | A |
| Shook from her plumes a downy shower | H |
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| Spirit of might and sweetness too | A |
| Now leading on the wars of God | A |
| Now to green isles of shade and dew | A |
| Turning the waste Thy people trod | A |
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| Draw Holy Ghost Thy seven fold veil | I |
| Between us and the fires of youth | J |
| Breathe Holy Ghost Thy freshening gale | I |
| Our fevered brow in age to soothe | K |
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| And oft as sin and sorrow tire | H |
| This hallowed hour do Thou renew | A |
| When beckoned up the awful choir | H |
| By pastoral hands toward Thee we drew | A |
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| When trembling at this sacred rail | I |
| We hid our eyes and held our breath | L |
| Felt Thee how strong our hearts how frail | I |
| And longed to own Thee to the death | L |
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| For ever on our souls be traced | A |
| That blessing dear that dove like hand | A |
| A sheltering rock in Memory's waste | A |
| O'er shadowing all the weary land | A |
John Keble
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