The Annunciation Of The Blessed Virgin Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCB DEFGHF IIJBKJ LLMNNM OOPKBP AAQRRQ SSHTTH LLOUUO VVWAAW LLXYYX| Oh Thou who deign'st to sympathise | A |
| With all our frail and fleshly ties | A |
| Maker yet Brother dear | B |
| Forgive the too presumptuous thought | C |
| If calming wayward grief I sought | C |
| To gaze on Thee too near | B |
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| Yet sure 'twas not presumption Lord | D |
| 'Twas Thine own comfortable word | E |
| That made the lesson known | F |
| Of all the dearest bonds we prove | G |
| Thou countest sons and mothers' love | H |
| Most sacred most Thine own | F |
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| When wandering here a little span | I |
| Thou took'st on Thee to rescue man | I |
| Thou had'st no earthly sire | J |
| That wedded love we prize so dear | B |
| As if our heaven and home were here | K |
| It lit in Thee no fire | J |
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| On no sweet sister's faithful breast | L |
| Wouldst Thou Thine aching forehead rest | L |
| On no kind brother lean | M |
| But who O perfect filial heart | N |
| E'er did like Thee a true son's part | N |
| Endearing firm serene | M |
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| Thou wept'st meek maiden mother mild | O |
| Thou wept'st upon thy sinless Child | O |
| Thy very heart was riven | P |
| And yet what mourning matron here | K |
| Would deem thy sorrows bought too dear | B |
| By all on this side Heaven | P |
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| A Son that never did amiss | A |
| That never shamed His Mother's kiss | A |
| Nor crossed her fondest prayer | Q |
| E'en from the tree He deigned to bow | R |
| For her His agonised brow | R |
| Her His sole earthly care | Q |
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| Ave Maria blessed Maid | S |
| Lily of Eden's fragrant shade | S |
| Who can express the love | H |
| That nurtured thee so pure and sweet | T |
| Making thy heart a shelter meet | T |
| For Jesus' holy dove | H |
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| Ave Maria Mother blest | L |
| To whom caressing and caressed | L |
| Clings the eternal Child | O |
| Favoured beyond Archangels' dream | U |
| When first on Thee with tenderest gleam | U |
| Thy new born Saviour smiled | O |
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| Ave Maria thou whose name | V |
| All but adoring love may claim | V |
| Yet may we reach thy shrine | W |
| For He thy Son and Saviour vows | A |
| To crown all lowly lofty brows | A |
| With love and joy like thine | W |
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| Blessed is the womb that bare Him blessed | L |
| The bosom where His lips were pressed | L |
| But rather blessed are they | X |
| Who hear His word and keep it well | Y |
| The living homes where Christ shall dwell | Y |
| And never pass away | X |
John Keble
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