Easter Eve. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEFGHHII EECCCCJJ KKLLMMNF BBOOPPCC QQRRSSNN TTLLCCUU FGDDSSVV WWXXOOCC| As for thee also by the blood of thy covenant I have sent | A |
| forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water | B |
| Zechariah ix | C |
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| At length the worst is o'er and Thou art laid | D |
| Deep in Thy darksome bed | E |
| All still and cold beneath yon dreary stone | F |
| Thy sacred form is gone | G |
| Around those lips where power and mercy hung | H |
| The dews of deaths have clung | H |
| The dull earth o'er Thee and Thy foes around | I |
| Thou sleep'st a silent corse in funeral fetters wound | I |
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| Sleep'st Thou indeed or is Thy spirit fled | E |
| At large among the dead | E |
| Whether in Eden bowers Thy welcome voice | C |
| Wake Abraham to rejoice | C |
| Or in some drearier scene Thine eye controls | C |
| The thronging band of souls | C |
| That as Thy blood won earth Thine agony | J |
| Might set the shadowy realm from sin and sorrow free | J |
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| Where'er Thou roam'st one happy soul we know | K |
| Seen at Thy side in woe | K |
| Waits on Thy triumphs even as all the blest | L |
| With him and Thee shall rest | L |
| Each on his cross by Thee we hang a while | M |
| Watching Thy patient smile | M |
| Till we have learned to say 'Tis justly done | N |
| Only in glory LORD Thy sinful servant own | F |
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| Soon wilt Thou take us to Thy tranquil bower | B |
| To rest one little hour | B |
| Till Thine elect are numbered and the grave | O |
| Call Thee to come and save | O |
| Then on Thy bosom borne shall we descend | P |
| Again with earth to blend | P |
| Earth all refined with bright supernal fires | C |
| Tinctured with holy blood and winged with pure desires | C |
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| Meanwhile with every son and saint of Thine | Q |
| Along the glorious line | Q |
| Sitting by turns beneath Thy sacred feet | R |
| We'll hold communion sweet | R |
| Know them by look and voice and thank them all | S |
| For helping us in thrall | S |
| For words of hope and bright examples given | N |
| To show through moonless skies that there is light in Heaven | N |
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| O come that day when in this restless heart | T |
| Earth shall resign her part | T |
| When in the grave with Thee my limbs shall rest | L |
| My soul with Thee be blest | L |
| But stay presumptuous CHRIST with Thee abides | C |
| In the rock's dreary sides | C |
| He from this stone will wring Celestial dew | U |
| If but this prisoner's heart he faithful found and true | U |
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| When tears are spent and then art left alone | F |
| With ghosts of blessings gone | G |
| Think thou art taken from the cross and laid | D |
| In JESUS' burial shade | D |
| Take Moses' rod the rod of prayer and call | S |
| Out of the rocky wall | S |
| The fount of holy blood and lift on high | V |
| Thy grovelling soul that feels so desolate and dry | V |
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| Prisoner of Hope thou art look up and sing | W |
| In hope of promised spring | W |
| As in the pit his father's darling lay | X |
| Beside the desert way | X |
| And knew not how but knew his GOD would save | O |
| E'en from that living grave | O |
| So buried with our LORD we'll chose our eyes | C |
| To the decaying world till Angels bid us rise | C |
John Keble
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