Easter Day Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAB CCDD EEFG HHII JJKK LLMM NNCC OOPE QQRS EPTT UVKK WXKK YYZZ A2A2RR B2B2KK C2D2CC| And as they were afraid and bowed down their faces to the | A |
| earth they said unto them Why seek ye the living among the | A |
| dead He is not here but is risen St Luke xxiv | B |
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| Oh day of days shall hearts set free | C |
| No minstrel rapture find for thee | C |
| Thou art this Sun of other days | D |
| They shine by giving back thy rays | D |
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| Enthroned in thy sovereign sphere | E |
| Thou shedd'st thy light on all the year | E |
| Sundays by thee more glorious break | F |
| An Easter Day in every week | G |
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| And week days following in their train | H |
| The fulness of thy blessing gain | H |
| Till all both resting soil employ | I |
| Be one Lord's day of holy joy | I |
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| Then wake my soul to high desires | J |
| And earlier light thine altar fires | J |
| The World some hours is on her way | K |
| Nor thinks on thee thou blessed day | K |
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| Or if she think it is in scorn | L |
| The vernal light of Easter morn | L |
| To her dark gaze no brighter seems | M |
| Than Reason's or the Law's pale beams | M |
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| Where is your Lord she scornful asks | N |
| Where is His hire we know his tasks | N |
| Sons of a King ye boast to be | C |
| Let us your crowns and treasures see | C |
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| We in the words of Truth reply | O |
| An angel brought them from this sky | O |
| Our crown our treasure is not here | P |
| 'Tis stored above the highest sphere | E |
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| Methinks your wisdom guides amiss | Q |
| To seek on earth a Christian's bliss | Q |
| We watch not now the lifeless stone | R |
| Our only Lord is risen and gone | S |
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| Yet e'en the lifeless stone is dear | E |
| For thoughts of Him who late lay here | P |
| And the base world now Christ hath died | T |
| Ennobled is and glorified | T |
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| No more a charnel house to fence | U |
| The relics of lost innocence | V |
| A vault of ruin and decay | K |
| Th' imprisoning stone is rolled away | K |
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| 'Tis now a cell where angels use | W |
| To come and go with heavenly news | X |
| And in the ears of mourners say | K |
| Come see the place where Jesus lay | K |
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| 'Tis now a fane where Love can find | Y |
| Christ everywhere embalmed and shined | Y |
| Aye gathering up memorials sweet | Z |
| Where'er she sets her duteous feet | Z |
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| Oh joy to Mary first allowed | A2 |
| When roused from weeping o'er His shroud | A2 |
| By His own calm soul soothing tone | R |
| Breathing her name as still His own | R |
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| Joy to the faithful Three renewed | B2 |
| As their glad errand they pursued | B2 |
| Happy who so Christ's word convey | K |
| That he may meet them on their way | K |
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| So is it still to holy tears | C2 |
| In lonely hours Christ risen appears | D2 |
| In social hours who Christ would see | C |
| Must turn all tasks to Charity | C |
John Keble
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