Sixth Sunday After Epiphany Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEFFGGHH HHIIJJKK LLMNHHHH HHOOHHHH PPHHQQRR HHHHSTUU HHVVWWHX YYZZA2A2B2C2 D2D2HXE2E2FF F2F2HHHHG2G2 HHHHHHHH

Beloved now are we the sons of God and it doth not yet appearA
what we shall be but we know that when He shall appear we shallB
be like Him for we shall see Him as he is St John iiiC
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There are who darkling and aloneD
Would wish the weary night were goneE
Though dawning morn should only showF
The secret of their unknown woeF
Who pray for sharpest throbs of painG
To ease them of doubt's galling chainG
Only disperse the cloud they cryH
And if our fate be death give light and let us dieH
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Unwise I deem them Lord unmeetH
To profit by Thy chastenings sweetH
For Thou wouldst have us linger stillI
Upon the verge of good or illI
That on Thy guiding hand unseenJ
Our undivided hearts may leanJ
And this our frail and foundering barkK
Glide in the narrow wake of Thy beloved arkK
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'Tis so in war the champion trueL
Loves victory more when dim in viewL
He sees her glories gild afarM
The dusky edge of stubborn warN
Than if the untrodden bloodless fieldH
The harvest of her laurels yieldH
Let not my bark in calm abideH
But win her fearless way against the chafing tideH
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'Tis so in love the faithful heartH
From her dim vision would not partH
When first to her fond gaze is givenO
That purest spot in Fancy's heavenO
For all the gorgeous sky besideH
Though pledged her own and sure to abideH
Dearer than every past noon dayH
That twilight gleam to her though faint and far awayH
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So have I seen some tender flowerP
Prized above all the vernal bowerP
Sheltered beneath the coolest shadeH
Embosomed in the greenest gladeH
So frail a gem it scarce may bearQ
The playful touch of evening airQ
When hardier grown we love it lessR
And trust it from our sight not needing our caressR
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And wherefore is the sweet spring tideH
Worth all the changeful year besideH
The last born babe why lies its partH
Deep in the mother's inmost heartH
But that the Lord and Source of loveS
Would have His weakest ever proveT
Our tenderest care and most of allU
Our frail immortal souls His work and Satan's thrallU
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So be it Lord I know it bestH
Though not as yet this wayward breastH
Beat quite in answer to Thy voiceV
Yet surely I have made my choiceV
I know not yet the promised blissW
Know not if I shall win or missW
So doubting rather let me dieH
Than close with aught beside to last eternallyX
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What is the Heaven we idly dreamY
The self deceiver's dreary themeY
A cloudless sun that softly shinesZ
Bright maidens and unfailing vinesZ
The warrior's pride the hunter's mirthA2
Poor fragments all of this low earthA2
Such as in sleep would hardly sootheB2
A soul that once had tasted of immortal TruthC2
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What is the Heaven our God bestowsD2
No Prophet yet no Angel knowsD2
Was never yet created eyeH
Could see across EternityX
Not seraph's wing for ever soaringE2
Can pass the flight of souls adoringE2
That nearer still and nearer growF
To the unapproached Lord once made for them so lowF
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Unseen unfelt their earthly growthF2
And self accused of sin and slothF2
They live and die their names decayH
Their fragrance passes quite awayH
Like violets in the freezing blastH
No vernal steam around they castH
But they shall flourish from the tombG2
The breath of God shall wake them into odorous bloomG2
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Then on the incarnate Saviour's breastH
The fount of sweetness they shall restH
Their spirits every hour imbuedH
More deeply with His precious bloodH
But peace still voice and closed eyeH
Suit best with hearts beyond the skyH
Hearts training in their low abodeH
Daily to lose themselves in hope to find their GodH

John Keble



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