Whitsunday Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE FGFG HIHI JKJK LMLM NOPQ RSRS TUVU WXWX YZYZ A2B2A2B2 C2RC2D2| And suddenly there came a sound from Heaven as of a rushing mighty | A |
| wind and it filled all the house where they were sitting And | B |
| there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire and it sat | C |
| upon each of them And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost | D |
| Acts ii | E |
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| When God of old came down from Heaven | F |
| In power and wrath He came | G |
| Before His feet the clouds were riven | F |
| Half darkness and half flame | G |
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| Around the trembling mountain's base | H |
| The prostrate people lay | I |
| A day of wrath and not of grace | H |
| A dim and dreadful day | I |
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| But when he came the second time | J |
| He came in power and love | K |
| Softer than gale at morning prime | J |
| Hovered His holy Dove | K |
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| The fires that rushed on Sinai down | L |
| In sudden torrents dread | M |
| Now gently light a glorious crown | L |
| On every sainted head | M |
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| Like arrows went those lightnings forth | N |
| Winged with the sinner's doom | O |
| But these like tongues o'er all the earth | P |
| Proclaiming life to come | Q |
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| And as on Israel's awe struck ear | R |
| The voice exceeding loud | S |
| The trump that angels quake to hear | R |
| Thrilled from the deep dark cloud | S |
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| So when the Spirit of our God | T |
| Came down His flock to find | U |
| A voice from Heaven was heard abroad | V |
| A rushing mighty wind | U |
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| Nor doth the outward ear alone | W |
| At that high warning start | X |
| Conscience gives back th' appalling tone | W |
| 'Tis echoed in the heart | X |
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| It fills the Church of God it fills | Y |
| The sinful world around | Z |
| Only in stubborn hearts and wills | Y |
| No place for it is found | Z |
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| To other strains our souls are set | A2 |
| A giddy whirl of sin | B2 |
| Fills ear and brain and will not let | A2 |
| Heaven's harmonies come in | B2 |
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| Come Lord Come Wisdom Love and Power | C2 |
| Open our ears to hear | R |
| Let us not miss th' accepted hour | C2 |
| Save Lord by Love or Fear | D2 |
John Keble
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