The Baptism Of Clovis Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCD EFEFGG HIHIJJ GJGJKK JLJLMM NJNJOO GPGPAA JJJJJJ QJQJRR SNSNOO TQTQBB| Five hundred years have nearly passed away | A |
| Since that glad morn when o'er fair Bethl'hem's plain | B |
| A light resplendent as the glow of day | A |
| Shone down from heaven and holy angels deign | B |
| To sing the sweetest song e'er heard by mortal ear | C |
| Which fills sad hearts with joy and drives away their fear | D |
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| Clovis of the brave Franks the king and sheen | E |
| Heard from Aurelian of a maid to wed | F |
| Matchless in feature and of graceful mein | E |
| Zenobia of the Alps Aurelian said | F |
| The daughter of Chilperic the Burgundian king | G |
| Clotilda is her name fair maids her praises sing | G |
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| She dwells among the Alps in forest glade | H |
| And by the shore of its most famous lake | I |
| But fairer than that land is this fair maid | H |
| And brighter than its peaks at morn's awake | I |
| A Christian girl is she whose heart God has renewed | J |
| And her fine comely mind with grace and truth embued | J |
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| Then Clovis by Aurelian sent a ring | G |
| To this fair damsel whom he hoped to wed | J |
| She took the ring and soon fair songsters sing | G |
| The marriage hymn as he to altar led | J |
| This lovely Christian maid They plight their nuptial vows | K |
| And the old priest invoked a blessing on their brows | K |
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| Then on her head a coronet was placed | J |
| And she sat down by Clovis on his throne | L |
| And never was a throne so highly graced | J |
| Nor ever monarch felt less sad and lone | L |
| He found in her a bride and counsellor as well | M |
| And happy are the men who in her palace dwell | M |
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| In tones of eloquence and words of power | N |
| The wond'rous story of the cross she told | J |
| Christ's lowly birth pure life and of the hour | N |
| When He to bring us to the heavenly fold | J |
| Bore on the cross our sins and opened mercy's door | O |
| Then from the dead arose to reign for evermore | O |
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| Soon on Tolbiac's bloody field the king | G |
| Led on his troops against a mighty foe | P |
| A foe too strong for soon though no weakling | G |
| Clovis retreats his men returned no blow | P |
| But fled as timid sheep before a beast of prey | A |
| The conquering Alemanni will surely win the day | A |
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| O king cry on Clotilda's Christ for aid | J |
| Shouted Aurelian as the monarch fled | J |
| Then on his helmet Clovis his hand laid | J |
| And lifting it these words the monarch said | J |
| My gods have failed to help O Christ Clotilda's God | J |
| Grant me Thy mighty aid and I will kiss Thy rod | J |
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| On the French pennons triumph perches now | Q |
| The foe is routed by Clotilda's God | J |
| And Clovis wished to have upon his brow | Q |
| The symbol of her faith for 'neath the rod | J |
| Of the eternal King he bows his regal will | R |
| And waits with heart devout Christ's purpose to fulfil | R |
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| On Rheims now dawns a cloudless Christmas morn | S |
| And flags of silk and satin grace each tower | N |
| This is the day Clotilda's Christ was born | S |
| And to His cause a great triumphal hour | N |
| For see on carpet stretched from church to palace door | O |
| A grand procession march of two score priests or more | O |
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| Remigius had led the way and then | T |
| Assisted by his priests on monarch's brow | Q |
| And on the brows of full six thousand men | T |
| As they before the holy altar bow | Q |
| The water from the font he sprinkled down like rain | B |
| Thankful that his blest Lord so many hearts should gain | B |
Joseph Horatio Chant
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