The Accession Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CDCDEFEF GBGBHIHI JKLKMNON PQRQSTST MUVUWXWX NYNYZIZI| As I was with Moses so I will be with thee I will not fail | A |
| thee nor forsake thee Joshua i | B |
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| The voice that from the glory came | C |
| To tell how Moses died unseen | D |
| And waken Joshua's spear of flame | C |
| To victory on the mountains green | D |
| Its trumpet tones are sounding still | E |
| When Kings or Parents pass away | F |
| They greet us with a cheering thrill | E |
| Of power and comfort in decay | F |
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| Behind thus soft bright summer cloud | G |
| That makes such haste to melt and die | B |
| Our wistful gaze is oft allowed | G |
| A glimpse of the unchanging sky | B |
| Let storm and darkness do their worst | H |
| For the lost dream the heart may ache | I |
| The heart may ache but may not burst | H |
| Heaven will not leave thee nor forsake | I |
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| One rock amid the weltering floods | J |
| One torch in a tempestuous night | K |
| One changeless pine in fading woods | L |
| Such is the thought of Love and Might | K |
| True Might and ever present Love | M |
| When death is busy near the throne | N |
| Auth Sorrow her keen sting would prove | O |
| On Monarchs orphaned and alone | N |
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| In that lorn hour and desolate | P |
| Who could endure a crown but He | Q |
| Who singly bore the world's sad weight | R |
| Is near to whisper Lean on Me | Q |
| Thy days of toil thy nights of care | S |
| Sad lonely dreams in crowded hall | T |
| Darkness within while pageants glare | S |
| Around the Cross supports them all | T |
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| Oh Promise of undying Love | M |
| While Monarchs seek thee for repose | U |
| Far in the nameless mountain cove | V |
| Each pastoral heart thy bounty knows | U |
| Ye who in place of shepherds true | W |
| Come trembling to their awful trust | X |
| Lo here the fountain to imbue | W |
| With strength and hope your feeble dust | X |
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| Not upon Kings or Priests alone | N |
| The power of that dear word is spent | Y |
| It chants to all in softest tone | N |
| The lowly lesson of Content | Y |
| Heaven's light is poured on high and low | Z |
| To high and low Heaven's Angel spake | I |
| Resign thee to thy weal or woe | Z |
| I ne'er will leave thee nor forsake | I |
John Keble
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