Good Friday Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDD EFEFGG HIHIJJ AKAKLL MNMNAA KOKOPP QRSRTT UVUUWW XUXUYY ZA2B2A2UU| He is despised and rejected of men Isaiah liii | A |
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| Is it not strange the darkest hour | B |
| That ever dawned on sinful earth | C |
| Should touch the heart with softer power | B |
| For comfort than an angel's mirth | C |
| That to the Cross the mourner's eye should turn | D |
| Sooner than where the stars of Christmas burn | D |
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| Sooner than where the Easter sun | E |
| Shines glorious on yon open grave | F |
| And to and fro the tidings run | E |
| Who died to heal is risen to save | F |
| Sooner than where upon the Saviour's friends | G |
| The very Comforter in light and love descends | G |
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| Yet so it is for duly there | H |
| The bitter herbs of earth are set | I |
| Till tempered by the Saviour's prayer | H |
| And with the Saviour's life blood wet | I |
| They turn to sweetness and drop holy balm | J |
| Soft as imprisoned martyr's deathbed calm | J |
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| All turn to sweet but most of all | A |
| That bitterest to the lip of pride | K |
| When hopes presumptuous fade and fall | A |
| Or Friendship scorns us duly tried | K |
| Or Love the flower that closes up for fear | L |
| When rude and selfish spirits breathe too near | L |
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| Then like a long forgotten strain | M |
| Comes sweeping o'er the heart forlorn | N |
| What sunshine hours had taught in vain | M |
| Of JESUS suffering shame and scorn | N |
| As in all lowly hearts he suffers still | A |
| While we triumphant ride and have the world at will | A |
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| His pierced hands in vain would hide | K |
| His face from rude reproachful gaze | O |
| His ears are open to abide | K |
| The wildest storm the tongue can raise | O |
| He who with one rough word some early day | P |
| Their idol world and them shall sweep for aye away | P |
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| But we by Fancy may assuage | Q |
| The festering sore by Fancy made | R |
| Down in some lonely hermitage | S |
| Like wounded pilgrims safely laid | R |
| Where gentlest breezes whisper souls distressed | T |
| That Love yet lives and Patience shall find rest | T |
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| O shame beyond the bitterest thought | U |
| That evil spirit ever framed | V |
| That sinners know what Jesus wrought | U |
| Yet feel their haughty hearts untamed | U |
| That souls in refuge holding by the Cross | W |
| Should wince and fret at this world's little loss | W |
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| Lord of my heart by Thy last cry | X |
| Let not Thy blood on earth be spent | U |
| Lo at Thy feet I fainting lie | X |
| Mine eyes upon Thy wounds are bent | U |
| Upon Thy streaming wounds my weary eyes | Y |
| Wait like the parched earth on April skies | Y |
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| Wash me and dry these bitter tears | Z |
| O let my heart no further roam | A2 |
| 'Tis Thine by vows and hopes and fears | B2 |
| Long since O call Thy wanderer home | A2 |
| To that dear home safe in Thy wounded side | U |
| Where only broken hearts their sin and shame may hide | U |
John Keble
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