St. Michael And All Angels Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CDEDFGFG HIJIGKGK ILILMNMN OPOPQAQL RSRSTHTH UVUVPWPW XIXIYAYA ZA2ZB2OGOG C2D2C2D2RPE2P F2UF2UG2H2G2H2| Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister | A |
| for them who shall be heirs of salvation Hebrews i | B |
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| Ye stars that round the Sun of righteousness | C |
| In glorious order roll | D |
| With harps for ever strung ready to bless | E |
| God for each rescued soul | D |
| Ye eagle spirits that build in light divine | F |
| Oh think of us to day | G |
| Faint warblers of this earth that would combine | F |
| Our trembling notes with your accepted lay | G |
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| Your amarant wreaths were earned and homeward all | H |
| Flush'd with victorious might | I |
| Ye might have sped to keep high festival | J |
| And revel in the light | I |
| But meeting us weak worldlings on our way | G |
| Tired ere the fight begun | K |
| Ye turned to help us in th' unequal fray | G |
| Remembering Whose we were how dearly won | K |
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| Remembering Bethlehem and that glorious night | I |
| When ye who used to soar | L |
| Diverse along all space in fiery flight | I |
| Came thronging to adore | L |
| Your God new born and made a sinner's child | M |
| As if the stars should leave | N |
| Their stations in the far ethereal wild | M |
| And round the sun a radiant circle weave | N |
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| Nor less your lay of triumph greeted fair | O |
| Our Champion and your King | P |
| In that first strife whence Satan in despair | O |
| Sunk down on scathed wing | P |
| Abuse He fasted and alone He fought | Q |
| But when His toils were o'er | A |
| Ye to the sacred Hermit duteous brought | Q |
| Banquet and hymn your Eden's festal store | L |
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| Ye too when lowest in th' abyss of woe | R |
| He plunged to save His sheep | S |
| Were leaning from your golden thrones to know | R |
| The secrets of that deep | S |
| But clouds were on His sorrow one alone | T |
| His agonising call | H |
| Summoned from Heaven to still that bitterest groan | T |
| And comfort Him the Comforter of all | H |
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| Oh highest favoured of all Spirits create | U |
| If right of thee we deem | V |
| How didst thou glide on brightening wing elate | U |
| To meet th' unclouded beam | V |
| Of Jesus from the couch of darkness rising | P |
| How swelled thine anthem's sound | W |
| With fear and mightier joy weak hearts surprising | P |
| Your God is risen and may not here be found | W |
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| Pass a few days and this dull darkling globe | X |
| Must yield Him from her sight | I |
| Brighter and brighter streams His glory robe | X |
| And He is lost in light | I |
| Then when through yonder everlasting arch | Y |
| Ye in innumerous choir | A |
| Poured heralding Messiah's conquering march | Y |
| Lingered around His skirts two forms of fire | A |
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| With us they stayed high warning to impart | Z |
| The Christ shall come again | A2 |
| E'en as He goes with the same human heart | Z |
| With the same godlike train | B2 |
| Oh jealous God how could a sinner dare | O |
| Think on that dreadful day | G |
| But that with all Thy wounds Thou wilt be there | O |
| And all our angel friends to bring Thee on Thy way | G |
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| Since to Thy little ones is given such grace | C2 |
| That they who nearest stand | D2 |
| Alway to God in Heaven and see His face | C2 |
| Go forth at His command | D2 |
| To wait around our path in weal or woe | R |
| As erst upon our King | P |
| Set Thy baptismal seal upon our brow | E2 |
| And waft us heavenward with enfolding wing | P |
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| Grant Lord that when around th' expiring world | F2 |
| Our seraph guardians wait | U |
| While on her death bed ere to ruin hurled | F2 |
| She owns Thee all too late | U |
| They to their charge may turn and thankful see | G2 |
| Thy mark upon us still | H2 |
| Then all together rise and reign with Thee | G2 |
| And all their holy joy o'er contrite hearts fulfil | H2 |
John Keble
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