Ordination Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFG HIHI JHJH KCKC FHBH HLHL FMNM OPQP RMRM STST CFCF HUHU JAJA VOVO| After this the congregation shall be desired secretly in | A |
| their prayers to make their humble supplications to God for | B |
| all these things for the which prayers there shall be | C |
| silence kept for a space | D |
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| After which shall be sung or said by the Bishop the persons | E |
| to be ordained Priests all kneeling Veni Creator | F |
| Spiritus Rubric in the Office for Ordering of Priests | G |
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| 'Twas silence in Thy temple Lord | H |
| When slowly through the hallowed air | I |
| The spreading cloud of incense soared | H |
| Charged with the breath of Israel's prayer | I |
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| 'Twas silence round Thy throne on high | J |
| When the last wondrous seal unclosed | H |
| And in this portals of the sky | J |
| Thine armies awfully reposed | H |
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| And this deep pause that o'er us now | K |
| Is hovering comes it not of Thee | C |
| Is it not like a mother's vow | K |
| When with her darling on her knee | C |
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| She weighs and numbers o'er and o'er | F |
| Love's treasure hid in her fond breast | H |
| To cull from that exhaustless store | B |
| The dearest blessing and the best | H |
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| And where shall mother's bosom find | H |
| With all its deep love learned skill | L |
| A prayer so sweetly to her mind | H |
| As in this sacred hour and still | L |
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| Is wafted from the white robed choir | F |
| Ere yet the pure high breathed lay | M |
| Come Holy Ghost our souls inspire | N |
| Rise floating on its dove like way | M |
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| And when it comes so deep and clear | O |
| The strain so soft the melting fall | P |
| It seems not to th' entranced ear | Q |
| Less than Thine own heart cheering call | P |
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| Spirit of Christ Thine earnest given | R |
| That these our prayers are heard and they | M |
| Who grasp this hour the sword of Heaven | R |
| Shall feel Thee on their weary way | M |
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| Oft as at morn or soothing eve | S |
| Over the Holy Fount they lean | T |
| Their fading garland freshly weave | S |
| Or fan them with Thine airs serene | T |
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| Spirit of Light and Truth to Thee | C |
| We trust them in that musing hour | F |
| Till they with open heart and free | C |
| Teach all Thy word in all its power | F |
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| When foemen watch their tents by night | H |
| And mists hang wide o'er moor and fell | U |
| Spirit of Counsel and of Might | H |
| Their pastoral warfare guide Thou well | U |
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| And oh when worn and tired they sigh | J |
| With that more fearful war within | A |
| When Passion's storms are loud and high | J |
| And brooding o'er remembered sin | A |
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| The heart dies down oh mightiest then | V |
| Come ever true come ever near | O |
| And wake their slumbering love again | V |
| Spirit of God's most holy Fear | O |
John Keble
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