St. Alexis, Patron Of Beggars Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHCHIJKJ LMNMAFOF PQRQSTGT ABCBDEFEWe who beg for bread as we daily tread | A |
Country lane and city street | B |
Let us kneel and pray on the broad highway | C |
To the saint with the vagrant feet | B |
Our altar light is a buttercup bright | D |
And our shrine is a bank of sod | E |
But still we share St Alexis' care | F |
The Vagabond of God | E |
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They gave him a home in purple Rome | G |
And a princess for his bride | H |
But he rowed away on his wedding day | C |
Down the Tiber's rushing tide | H |
And he came to land on the Asian strand | I |
Where the heathen people dwell | J |
As a beggar he strayed and he preached and prayed | K |
And he saved their souls from hell | J |
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Bowed with years and pain he came back again | L |
To his father's dwelling place | M |
There was none to see who this tramp might be | N |
For they knew not his bearded face | M |
But his father said Give him drink and bread | A |
And a couch underneath the stair | F |
So Alexis crept to his hole and slept | O |
But he might not linger there | F |
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For when night came down on the seven hilled town | P |
And the emperor hurried in | Q |
Saying Lo I hear that a saint is near | R |
Who will cleanse us of our sin | Q |
Then they looked in vain where the saint had lain | S |
For his soul had fled afar | T |
From his fleshly home he had gone to roam | G |
Where the gold paved highways are | T |
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We who beg for bread as we daily tread | A |
Country lane and city street | B |
Let us kneel and pray on the broad highway | C |
To the saint with the vagrant feet | B |
Our altar light is a buttercup bright | D |
And our shrine is a bank of sod | E |
But still we share St Alexis' care | F |
The Vagabond of God | E |
Joyce Kilmer
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