The Moon In Silver Glory Shone Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FGFG HIHG JKLK MNON GPGP QRQS| The moon in silver glory shone | A |
| And not a cloud in sight | B |
| When suddenly a shade begun | C |
| To intercept her light | B |
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| How fast across her orb it spread | D |
| How fast her light withdrew | E |
| A circle tinged with languid red | D |
| Was all appeared in view | E |
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| While many with unmeaning eye | F |
| Gaze on thy works in vain | G |
| Assist me Lord that I may try | F |
| Instruction to obtain | G |
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| Fain would my thankful heart and lips | H |
| Unite in praise to thee | I |
| And meditate on thy eclipse | H |
| In sad Gethsemane | G |
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| Thy peoples guilt a heavy load | J |
| When standing in their room | K |
| Deprived thee of the light of God | L |
| And filled thy soul with gloom | K |
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| How punctually eclipses move | M |
| Obedient to thy will | N |
| Thus shall thy faithfulness and love | O |
| Thy promises fulfill | N |
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| Dark like the moon without the sun | G |
| I mourn thine absence Lord | P |
| For light or comfort I have none | G |
| But what thy beams afford | P |
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| But lo the hour draws near apace | Q |
| When changes shall be o'er | R |
| Then I shall see thee face to face | Q |
| And be eclipsed no more | S |
John Newton
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