Matrimony Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCB EFEFGGGF HIHIJJJI CKCKIIIK LMLBNNOB PQPQOOOQ RSTUVVVS

There is an awe in mortals' joyA
A deep mysterious fearB
Half of the heart will still employA
As if we drew too nearB
To Eden's portal and those firesC
That bicker round in wavy spiresD
Forbidding to our frail desiresC
What cost us once so dearB
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We cower before th' heart searching eyeE
In rapture as its painF
E'en wedded Love till Thou be nighE
Dares not believe her gainF
Then in the air she fearless springsG
The breath of Heaven beneath her wingsG
And leaves her woodnote wild and singsG
A tuned and measured strainF
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Ill fare the lay though soft as dewH
And free as air it fallI
That with Thine altar full in viewH
Thy votaries would enthrallI
To a foul dream of heathen nightJ
Lifting her torch in Love's despiteJ
And scaring with base wild fire lightJ
The sacred nuptial hallI
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Far other strains far other firesC
Our marriage offering graceK
Welcome all chaste and kind desiresC
With even matron paceK
Approaching down this hallowed aisleI
Where should ye seek Love's perfect smileI
But where your prayers were learned erewhileI
In her own native placeK
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Where but on His benignest browL
Who waits to bless you hereM
Living he owned no nuptial vowL
No bower to Fancy dearB
Love's very self for Him no needN
To nurse on earth the heavenly seedN
Yet comfort in His eye we readO
For bridal joy and fearB
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'Tis He who clasps the marriage bandP
And fits the spousal ringQ
Then leaves ye kneeling hand in handP
Out of His stores to bringQ
His Father's dearest blessing shedO
Of old on Isaac's nuptial bedO
Now on the board before ye spreadO
Of our all bounteous KingQ
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All blessings of the breast and wombR
Of Heaven and earth beneathS
Of converse high and sacred homeT
Are yours in life and deathU
Only kneel on nor turn awayV
From the pure shrine where Christ to dayV
Will store each flower ye duteous layV
For an eternal wreathS

John Keble



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