Second Sunday After Christmas Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEDEFDDD GDGDDDDD DHDHIIIH JKJKLLLK MCMCNNNC LOLOPPPO CQCQDDDQ RSTSDDDS

When the poor and needy seek water and there is none andA
their tongue faileth for thirst I the Lord will hear themB
I the God of Israel will not forsake them Isaiah xliC
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And wilt thou hear the fevered heartD
To Thee in silence cryE
And as th' inconstant wildfires dartD
Out of the restless eyeE
Wilt thou forgive the wayward thoughF
By kindly woes yet half untaughtD
A Saviours right so dearly boughtD
That Hope should never dieD
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Thou wilt for many a languid prayerG
Has reached Thee from the wildD
Since the lorn mother wandering thereG
Cast down her fainting childD
Then stole apart to weep and dieD
Nor knew an angel form was nighD
To show soft waters gushing byD
And dewy shadows mildD
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Thou wilt for Thou art Israel's GodD
And Thine unwearied armH
Is ready yet with Moses' rodD
The hidden rill to charmH
Out of the dry unfathomed deepI
Of sands that lie in lifeless sleepI
Save when the scorching whirlwinds heapI
Their waves in rude alarmH
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These moments of wild wrath are ThineJ
Thine too the drearier hourK
When o'er th' horizon's silent lineJ
Fond hopeless fancies cowerK
And on the traveller's listless wayL
Rises and sets th' unchanging dayL
No cloud in heaven to slake its rayL
On earth no sheltering bowerK
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Thou wilt be there and not forsakeM
To turn the bitter poolC
Into a bright and breezy lakeM
This throbbing brow to coolC
Till loft awhile with Thee aloneN
The wilful heart be fain to ownN
That He by whom our bright hours shoneN
Our darkness best may ruleC
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The scent of water far awayL
Upon the breeze is flungO
The desert pelican to dayL
Securely leaves her youngO
Reproving thankless man who fearsP
To journey on a few lone yearsP
Where on the sand Thy step appearsP
Thy crown in sight is hungO
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Thou who did sit on Jacob's wellC
The weary hour of noonQ
The languid pulses Thou canst tellC
The nerveless spirit tuneQ
Thou from Whose cross in anguish burstD
The cry that owned Thy dying thirstD
To Thee we turn our Last and FirstD
Our Sun and soothing MoonQ
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From darkness here and drearinessR
We ask not full reposeS
Only be Thou at hand to blessT
Our trial hour of woesS
Is not the pilgrim's toil o'erpaidD
By the clear rill and palmy shadeD
And see we not up Earth's dark gladeD
The gate of Heaven uncloseS

John Keble



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