The Vision Of St. Peter. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIJ KLMD NOPO QBRB MSHS TETE UAJATo Peter by night the faithfullest came | A |
And said We appeal to thee | B |
The life of the Church is in thy life | C |
We pray thee to rise and flee | B |
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For the tyrant's hand is red with blood | D |
And his arm is heavy with power | E |
Thy head the head of the Church will fall | F |
If thou tarry in Rome an hour | E |
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Through the sleeping town St Peter passed | G |
To the wide Campagna plain | H |
In the starry light of the Alban night | I |
He drew free breath again | J |
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When across his path an awful form | K |
In luminous glory stood | L |
His thorn crowned brow His hands and feet | M |
Were wet with immortal blood | D |
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The godlike sorrow which filled His eyes | N |
Seemed changed to a godlike wrath | O |
As they turned on Peter who cried aloud | P |
And sank to his knees in the path | O |
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Lord of my life my love my soul | Q |
Say what wilt Thou with me | B |
A voice replied I go to Rome | R |
To be crucified for thee | B |
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The Apostle sprang all flushed to his feet | M |
The vision had passed away | S |
The light still lay on the dewy plain | H |
But the sky in the east was gray | S |
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To the city walls St Peter turned | T |
And his heart in his breast grew fire | E |
In every vein the hot blood burned | T |
With the strength of one high desire | E |
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And sturdily back he marched to his death | U |
Of terrible pain and shame | A |
And never a shade of fear again | J |
To the stout Apostle came | A |
John Milton Hay
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