Ninth Sunday After Trinity Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CDEFFE GGBHHB IIJHHJ KKLIIL BBLBBL AALLLL LLGMNA BBOPQO RRBBBB LLBLLB| And after the earthquake a fire | A |
| but the Lord was not in the fire | A |
| and after the fire a still small voice | B |
| Kings xix | B |
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| In troublous days of anguish and rebuke | C |
| While sadly round them Israel's children look | D |
| And their eyes fail for waiting on their Lord | E |
| While underneath each awful arch of green | F |
| On every mountain top God's chosen scene | F |
| Of pure heart worship Baal is adored | E |
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| 'Tis well true hearts should for a time retire | G |
| To holy ground in quiet to aspire | G |
| Towards promised regions of serener grace | B |
| On Horeb with Elijah let us lie | H |
| Where all around on mountain sand and sky | H |
| God's chariot wheels have left distinctest trace | B |
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| There if in jealousy and strong disdain | I |
| We to the sinner's God of sin complain | I |
| Untimely seeking here the peace of Heaven | J |
| It is enough O Lord now let me die | H |
| E'en as my fathers did for what am I | H |
| That I should stand where they have vainly striven | J |
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| Perhaps our God may of our conscience ask | K |
| What doest thou here frail wanderer from thy task | K |
| Where hast thou left those few sheep in the wild | L |
| Then should we plead our heart's consuming pain | I |
| At sight of ruined altars prophets slain | I |
| And God's own ark with blood of souls defiled | L |
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| He on the rock may bid us stand and see | B |
| The outskirts of His march of mystery | B |
| His endless warfare with man's wilful heart | L |
| First His great Power He to the sinner shows | B |
| Lo at His angry blast the rocks unclose | B |
| And to their base the trembling mountains part | L |
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| Yet the Lord is not here 'Tis not by Power | A |
| He will be known but darker tempests lower | A |
| Still sullen heavings vex the labouring ground | L |
| Perhaps His Presence thro' all depth and height | L |
| Best of all gems that deck His crown of light | L |
| The haughty eye may dazzle and confound | L |
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| God is not in the earthquake but behold | L |
| From Sinai's caves are bursting as of old | L |
| The flames of His consuming jealous ire | G |
| Woe to the sinner should stern Justice prove | M |
| His chosen attribute but He in love | N |
| Hastes to proclaim God is not in the fire | A |
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| The storm is o'er and hark a still small voice | B |
| Steals on the ear to say Jehovah's choice | B |
| Is ever with the soft meek tender soul | O |
| By soft meek tender ways He loves to draw | P |
| The sinner startled by His ways of awe | Q |
| Here is our Lord and not where thunders roll | O |
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| Back then complainer loath thy life no more | R |
| Nor deem thyself upon a desert shore | R |
| Because the rocks the nearer prospect close | B |
| Yet in fallen Israel are there hearts and eyes | B |
| That day by day in prayer like thine arise | B |
| Thou know'st them not but their Creator knows | B |
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| Go to the world return nor fear to cast | L |
| Thy bread upon the waters sure at last | L |
| In joy to find it after many days | B |
| The work be thine the fruit thy children's part | L |
| Choose to believe not see sight tempts the heart | L |
| From sober walking in true Gospel ways | B |
John Keble
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