St. Mark's Day Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EEFGGH IIJKKJ LLMNNM OOPQQP RRSTTS UUAVDA| And the contention was so sharp between them that they | A |
| departed asunder one from the other Acts xv Compare | B |
| Tim iv Take Mark and bring him with thee for he is | C |
| profitable to me for the ministry | D |
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| Oh who shall dare in this frail scene | E |
| On holiest happiest thoughts to lean | E |
| On Friendship Kindred or on Love | F |
| Since not Apostles' hands can clasp | G |
| Each other in so firm a grasp | G |
| But they shall change and variance prove | H |
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| Yet deem not on such parting sad | I |
| Shall dawn no welcome dear and glad | I |
| Divided in their earthly race | J |
| Together at the glorious goal | K |
| Each leading many a rescued soul | K |
| The faithful champions shall embrace | J |
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| For e'en as those mysterious Four | L |
| Who the bright whirling wheels upbore | L |
| By Chebar in the fiery blast | M |
| So on their tasks of love and praise | N |
| This saints of God their several ways | N |
| Right onward speed yet join at last | M |
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| And sometimes e'en beneath the moon | O |
| The Saviour gives a gracious boon | O |
| When reconciled Christians meet | P |
| And face to face and heart to heart | Q |
| High thoughts of holy love impart | Q |
| In silence meek or converse sweet | P |
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| Companion of the Saints 'twas thine | R |
| To taste that drop of peace divine | R |
| When the great soldier of thy Lord | S |
| Called thee to take his last farewell | T |
| Teaching the Church with joy to tell | T |
| The story of your love restored | S |
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| O then the glory and the bliss | U |
| When all that pained or seemed amiss | U |
| Shall melt with earth and sin away | A |
| When saints beneath their Saviour's eye | V |
| Filled with each other's company | D |
| Shall spend in love th' eternal day | A |
John Keble
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