St. James's Day Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE FGFHIJIJ CKCKLMLM NCOPQHQH RSTSUVUV CBCBEMEM WCXCYZYZ| Ye shall drink indeed of My cup and be baptised with the | A |
| baptism that I am baptised with but to sit on My right | B |
| hand and on My left is not Mine to give but it shall be | C |
| given to them for whom it is prepared of My Father | D |
| St Matthew xx | E |
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| Sit down and take thy fill of joy | F |
| At God's right hand a bidden guest | G |
| Drink of the cup that cannot cloy | F |
| Eat of the bread that cannot waste | H |
| O great Apostle rightly now | I |
| Thou readest all thy Saviour meant | J |
| What time His grave yet gentle brow | I |
| In sweet reproof on thee was bent | J |
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| Seek ye to sit enthroned by me | C |
| Alas ye know not what ye ask | K |
| The first in shame and agony | C |
| The lowest in the meanest task | K |
| This can ye be and came ye drink | L |
| The cup that I in tears must steep | M |
| Nor from the 'whelming waters shrink | L |
| That o'er Me roll so dark and deep | M |
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| We can Thine are we dearest Lord | N |
| In glory and in agony | C |
| To do and suffer all Thy word | O |
| Only be Thou for ever nigh | P |
| Then be it so My cup receive | Q |
| And of My woes baptismal taste | H |
| But for the crown that angels weave | Q |
| For those next Me in glory placed | H |
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| I give it not by partial love | R |
| But in My Father's book are writ | S |
| What names on earth shall lowliest prove | T |
| That they in Heaven may highest sit | S |
| Take up the lesson O my heart | U |
| Thou Lord of meekness write it there | V |
| Thine own meek self to me impart | U |
| Thy lofty hope thy lowly prayer | V |
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| If ever on the mount with Thee | C |
| I seem to soar in vision bright | B |
| With thoughts of coming agony | C |
| Stay Thou the too presumptuous flight | B |
| Gently along the vale of tears | E |
| Lead me from Tabor's sunbright steep | M |
| Let me not grudge a few short years | E |
| With thee t'ward Heaven to walk and weep | M |
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| Too happy on my silent path | W |
| If now and then allowed with Thee | C |
| Watching some placid holy death | X |
| Thy secret work of love to see | C |
| But oh most happy should Thy call | Y |
| Thy welcome call at last be given | Z |
| Come where thou long hast storeth thy all | Y |
| Come see thy place prepared in Heaven | Z |
John Keble
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