The Shadow Of The Cross Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CC DD EE FF GH II JJ II KK LL MM| At the drowsy dusk when the shadows creep | A |
| From the golden west where the sunbeams sleep | A |
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| An angel mused Is there good or ill | B |
| In the mad world's heart since on Calvary's hill | B |
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| 'Round the cross a mid day twilight fell | C |
| That darkened earth and o'ershadowed hell | C |
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| Through the streets of a city the angel sped | D |
| Like an open scroll men's hearts he read | D |
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| In a monarch's ear his courtiers lied | E |
| And humble faces hid hearts of pride | E |
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| Men's hate waxed hot and their hearts grew cold | F |
| As they haggled and fought for the lust of gold | F |
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| Despairing he cried After all these years | G |
| Is there naught but hatred and strife and tears | H |
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| He found two waifs in an attic bare | I |
| A single crust was their meagre fare | I |
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| One strove to quiet the other's cries | J |
| And the love light dawned in her famished eyes | J |
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| As she kissed the child with a motherly air | I |
| I don't need mine you can have my share | I |
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| Then the angel knew that the earthly cross | K |
| And the sorrow and shame were not wholly loss | K |
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| At dawn when hushed was earth's busy hum | L |
| And men looked not for their Christ to come | L |
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| From the attic poor to the palace grand | M |
| The King and the beggar went hand in hand | M |
John Mccrae
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