The Purification Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CDEF GHIH JKLK MNON PQRQ SITI UVWV XXYX TZXA2 B2XC2X D2XEX E2XF2X G2XBH2 I2J2NK2 L2XM2X XN2XN2 O2XP2X| Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God St | A |
| Matthew v | B |
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| Bless'd are the pure in heart | C |
| For they shall see our God | D |
| The secret of the Lord is theirs | E |
| Their soul is Christ's abode | F |
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| Might mortal thought presume | G |
| To guess an angel's lay | H |
| Such are the notes that echo through | I |
| The courts of Heaven to day | H |
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| Such the triumphal hymns | J |
| On Sion's Prince that wait | K |
| In high procession passing on | L |
| Towards His temple gate | K |
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| Give ear ye kings bow down | M |
| Ye rulers of the earth | N |
| This this is He your Priest by grace | O |
| Your God and King by birth | N |
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| No pomp of earthly guards | P |
| Attends with sword and spear | Q |
| And all defying dauntless look | R |
| Their monarch's way to clear | Q |
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| Yet are there more with Him | S |
| Than all that are with you | I |
| The armies of the highest Heaven | T |
| All righteous good and true | I |
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| Spotless their robes and pure | U |
| Dipped in the sea of light | V |
| That hides the unapproached shrine | W |
| From men's and angels' sight | V |
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| His throne thy bosom blest | X |
| O mother undefiled | X |
| That throne if aught beneath the skies | Y |
| Beseems the sinless child | X |
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| Lost in high thoughts whose son | T |
| The wondrous Babe might prove | Z |
| Her guileless husband walks beside | X |
| Bearing the hallowed dove | A2 |
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| Meet emblem of His vow | B2 |
| Who on this happy day | X |
| His dove like soul best sacrifice | C2 |
| Did on God's altar lay | X |
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| But who is he by years | D2 |
| Bowed but erect in heart | X |
| Whose prayers are struggling with his tears | E |
| Lord let me now depart | X |
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| Now hath Thy servant seen | E2 |
| Thy saving health O Lord | X |
| 'Tis time that I depart in peace | F2 |
| According to Thy word | X |
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| Yet swells this pomp one more | G2 |
| Comes forth to bless her God | X |
| Full fourscore years meek widow she | B |
| Her heaven ward way hath troth | H2 |
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| She who to earthly joys | I2 |
| So long had given farewell | J2 |
| Now sees unlooked for Heaven on earth | N |
| Christ in His Israel | K2 |
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| Wide open from that hour | L2 |
| The temple gates are set | X |
| And still the saints rejoicing there | M2 |
| The holy Child have met | X |
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| Now count His train to day | X |
| Auth who may meet Him learn | N2 |
| Him child like sires meek maidens find | X |
| Where pride can nought discern | N2 |
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| Still to the lowly soul | O2 |
| He doth Himself impart | X |
| And for His cradle and His throne | P2 |
| Chooseth the pure in heart | X |
John Keble
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