St. Andrew's Day Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEDF GHGH IJKJ LCLM NONO PQPQ RSRS TUTU DVDV WXYT VDVD| He first findeth his own brother Simon and saith unto him | A |
| We have found the Messias And he brought him to Jesus | B |
| St John i | C |
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| When brothers part for manhood's race | D |
| What gift may most endearing prove | E |
| To keep fond memory its her place | D |
| And certify a brother's love | F |
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| 'Tis true bright hours together told | G |
| And blissful dreams in secret shared | H |
| Serene or solemn gay or bold | G |
| Shall last in fancy unimpaired | H |
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| E'en round the death bed of the good | I |
| Such dear remembrances will hover | J |
| And haunt us with no vexing mood | K |
| When all the cares of earth are over | J |
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| But yet our craving spirits feel | L |
| We shall live on though Fancy die | C |
| And seek a surer pledge a seal | L |
| Of love to last eternally | M |
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| Who art thou that wouldst grave thy name | N |
| Thus deeply in a brother's heart | O |
| Look on this saint and learn to frame | N |
| Thy love charm with true Christian art | O |
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| First seek thy Saviour out and dwell | P |
| Beneath this shadow of His roof | Q |
| Till thou have scanned His features well | P |
| And known Him for the Christ by proof | Q |
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| Such proof as they are sure to find | R |
| Who spend with Him their happy days | S |
| Clean hands and a self ruling mind | R |
| Ever in tune for love and praise | S |
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| Then potent with the spell of Heaven | T |
| Go and thine erring brother gain | U |
| Entice him home to be forgiven | T |
| Till he too see his Saviour plain | U |
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| Or if before thee in the race | D |
| Urge him with thine advancing tread | V |
| Till like twin stars with even pace | D |
| Each lucid course be duly aped | V |
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| No fading frail memorial give | W |
| To soothe his soul when thou art gone | X |
| But wreaths of hope for aye to live | Y |
| And thoughts of good together done | T |
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| That so before the judgment seat | V |
| Though changed and glorified each face | D |
| Not unremembered ye may meet | V |
| For endless ages to embrace | D |
John Keble
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