A Glimpse Of Heaven Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJII IKIK LMLM ININ OPOP| As the caged eagle neared the mountain range | A |
| O'er which he oft had soared on pinions strong | B |
| He clapped his wings moved by some impulse strange | A |
| And then fell dead his prison floor along | B |
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| So Moses stood on Pisgah's heights alone | C |
| With sight undimmed and unabated strength | D |
| He gazed with rapture on the vision shown | C |
| Of the fair land in all its breadth and length | D |
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| He saw the vale of Eschol clad with vine | E |
| Mount Libbanus adorned with lordly trees | F |
| Gilead and Achor with their lowing kine | E |
| And verdant Sharon swept by the sea breeze | F |
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| He saw the spot where Jacob's ladder stood | G |
| The oaks at Mamre where their father prayed | H |
| Saw Bashan with its pastures and its wood | G |
| And the rude cave where Abram Sarah laid | H |
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| Saw the whole land its hills and vales and streams | I |
| Its lakes and pools its vineyards and its groves | J |
| A wealth and glory far beyond his dreams | I |
| Better it seemed than all earth's treasure troves | I |
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| God then revealed a glimpse of His own face | I |
| Which Moses once desired but God withheld | K |
| But finished now the God ordained race | I |
| The battle fought and every passion quelled | K |
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| As he beholds the glory of his Lord | L |
| And looks within the pearly gates ajar | M |
| Snaps in an instant life's frail brittle cord | L |
| And he is where the holy angels are | M |
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| So is it likewise with most dying saints | I |
| They see e'en here the beatific sight | N |
| The spirit then breaks thro' this world's restraints | I |
| And enters into heaven's effulgent light | N |
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| Not sorrow snaps the silver cord but joy | O |
| Not woe but bliss expands the golden bowl | P |
| The pitcher breaks when free from earth's alloy | O |
| And fails the wheel when heaven has filled the soul | P |
Joseph Horatio Chant
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