St. Stephen's Day Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DDDEFFFE GGHCIIJC KKKLMMML DDDNLLLN CCCLCCCL CCCGLLLG| He being full of the Holy Ghost looked up steadfastly into | A |
| heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing on the | B |
| right hand of God Acts vii | C |
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| As rays around the source of light | D |
| Stream upward ere he glow in sight | D |
| And watching by his future flight | D |
| Set the clear heavens on fire | E |
| So on the King of Martyrs wait | F |
| Three chosen bands in royal state | F |
| And all earth owns of good and great | F |
| Is gather'd in that choir | E |
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| One presses on and welcomes death | G |
| One calmly yields his willing breath | G |
| Nor slow nor hurrying but in faith | H |
| Content to die or live | C |
| And some the darlings of their Lord | I |
| Play smiling with the flame and sword | I |
| And ere they speak to His sure word | J |
| Unconscious witness give | C |
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| Foremost and nearest to His throne | K |
| By perfect robes of triumph known | K |
| And likest Him in look and tone | K |
| The holy Stephen kneels | L |
| With stedfast gaze as when the sky | M |
| Flew open to his fainting eye | M |
| Which like a fading lamp flash'd high | M |
| Seeing what death conceals | L |
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| Well might you guess what vision bright | D |
| Was present to his raptured sight | D |
| E'en as reflected streams of light | D |
| Their solar source betray | N |
| The glory which our God surrounds | L |
| The Son of Man the atoning wounds | L |
| He sees them all and earth's dull bounds | L |
| Are melting fast away | N |
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| He sees them all no other view | C |
| Could stamp the Saviour's likeness true | C |
| Or with His love so deep embrue | C |
| Man's sullen heart and gross | L |
| Jesus do Thou my soul receive | C |
| Jesu do Thou my foes forgive | C |
| He who would learn that prayer must live | C |
| Under the holy Cross | L |
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| He though he seem on earth to move | C |
| Must glide in air like gentle dove | C |
| From yon unclouded depths above | C |
| Must draw his purer breath | G |
| Till men behold his angel face | L |
| All radiant with celestial grace | L |
| Martyr all o'er and meet to trace | L |
| The lines of Jesus' death | G |
John Keble
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